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2 posts«Jul 9, 2026
Apache Iceberg's Variant Type: How Shredding Speeds Up JSON Analytics
Apache Iceberg v3's Variant type and shredding technique make JSON data both flexible and fast to query. Here's how it works under the hood.
Apache Iceberg V3: How Deletion Vectors Rewrote Delete Economics
A deep dive into why deleting rows in Apache Iceberg is hard, how v2's delete files work, and how v3's deletion vectors reshape update economics.