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Beyond indexes: How open table formats optimize query performance


My career in data started as a SQL Server performance specialist, which meant I was deep into the nuances of indexes, locking and blocking, execution plan analysis and query design. These days I’m more in the world of the open table format such as Apache Iceberg. Having learned the internals of both

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