+1 to this. We spoke about this during the Python sync this morning too.
I like the format for Arrow: https://arrow.apache.org/blog. It's a bit
similar to Datafusion but feels more connected to the Arrow project overall.



On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 11:19 AM Russell Spitzer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>

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Neelesh S. Salian

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