Tag: Data Engineering

All the articles with the tag "Data Engineering".

• 29 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026

  Block vs. Object Storage: A Deep Dive Into the Foundation of Modern Data, and How the Lakehouse Made the Slow Option Fast

  *By Alex Merced, Head of Developer Relations at Dremio* Here is one of the strangest and most consequential plot twists in the history of data infrastru.

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• 27 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026

  A Deep Dive Into File Compression: How Data Gets Smaller, Why Codecs Differ, and What to Actually Use in the Lakehouse

  *By Alex Merced, Head of Developer Relations at Dremio* Somewhere in your data platform right now, a single configuration property is quietly deciding a.

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• 29 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026

  The Who, What, and Why of Semantic Layers: The Layer That Decides Whether Your Numbers Can Be Trusted

  *By Alex Merced, Head of Developer Relations at Dremio* There is a survey statistic making the rounds this year that I cannot stop quoting: 84 percent o.

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