I'm +1 and I think we should stick to project updates and features. Release notes, events, design walkthroughs etc
On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM Tushar Choudhary < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >
