Awesome, thanks Danica! Yet another reminder that *the Iceberg Summit CFP is due in 8 days*!! On Jan 18th, https://sessionize.com/iceberg-summit-2026
On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM Danica Fine via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin, > > This looks great! Thanks to you and everyone who helped to push this > forward. > > As for making the first post about promoting Iceberg Summit, I love that > idea, and I'd love to volunteer to help write/make that happen once the PR > is ready to go. > > Danica > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the feedback everyone. I went ahead and prototype the blog >> page. Please take a look at https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15013 >> Looking for feedback from the community! >> >> I think it would be a great opportunity to launch the project blog and >> use the first post to highlight the Iceberg Summit 2026. ( >> https://www.icebergsummit.org/) >> >> Max, I definitely got the idea from your original devlist thread. Thanks! >> :) >> >> Best, >> Kevin Liu >> >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM Gang Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> Apache Arrow is doing the same thing for a long time: >>> https://arrow.apache.org/blog/ >>> >>> Dipankar Mazumdar <[email protected]> 于2026年1月8日周四 18:30写道： >>> >>>> +1 to having a project-level blog. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Dipankar >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM Renjie Liu <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM Eduard Tudenhöfner < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> +1 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM Matt Topol <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026, 2:55 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>> Yufei >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM Neelesh Salian < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> +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 >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Neelesh S. Salian >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
