I think this is a great idea too. +1 Cheers, Tushar Choudhary
On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 9:42 PM, Maximilian Michels <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > +1 I had a similar idea a while back: > https://lists.apache.org/thread/txhw1f27pj7444t8o8jf5qoyqk2zhjxf / > "[Discuss] Iceberg Blog Posts". > > For example, Swapna Marru just published this Iceberg-related post on > the Flink blog: > > https://flink.apache.org/2025/11/11/from-stream-to-lakehouse-kafka-ingestion-with-the-flink-dynamic-iceberg-sink/ > It would be great to see similar posts on the Iceberg blog. Even if we > just put the release notes, I think that would already provide a lot > more visibility for Iceberg. > > Obviously, the posts should reflect the Iceberg community, i.e. > revolve about Iceberg internals, using Iceberg, and not be affiliated > with companies. Basically, the same rules apply to blog posts as to > the rest of the code base. > > Cheers, > Max > > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey folks, > > > > I want to gauge the interest of starting a project-level blog at > iceberg.apache.org/blogs/, drawing inspiration from the Apache Datafusion > blog (datafusion.apache.org/blog/) > > > > The blog would focus on project-level news and updates. I believe > starting a project blog would be beneficial to the community. > > There are many great features in-development that would benefit from the > wider visibility that the blog will provide. Thinking back to the V3 > ratification announcement, as an Iceberg community member, I would like to > see the announcement come from the project instead of summarized by various > other blogs. Release notes would also be helpful to put into the blog. > > > > I know there were previous concerns around the logistics; what content > belongs on the blog, who should write the blog, and how should the > community/committer/PMC review the content. I'm happy to work with the > community to provide general guidance. > > I strongly believe the blog would have an outsize benefit to the > community. > > > > Would love to hear thoughts here. > > > > Best, > > Kevin Liu >
