Under the hood of Apache Iceberg (w/ Christian Thiel)
From The Analytics Engineering Podcast by dbt Labs, Inc.
August 24, 2025 · 56 min
About this episode
Tristan explores the intricacies of Apache Iceberg with guest Christian Thiel, discussing its ecosystem and various implementations.
Tristan digs deep into the world of Apache Iceberg . There's a lot happening beneath the surface: multiple catalog interfaces, evolving REST specs, and competing implementations across open source, proprietary, and academic contexts. Christian Thiel , co-founder of Lakekeeper , one of the most widely used Iceberg catalogs, joins to walk through the state of the Iceberg ecosystem. For full show notes and to read 6+ years of back issues of the podcast's companion newsletter, head to https://roundup.getdbt.com . The Analytics Engineering Podcast is sponsored by dbt Labs.
People in this episode
Host: Tristan
Guest: Christian Thiel
Topics covered
- catalog interfaces
- Apache Iceberg
- data engineering
- REST specs
- open source
- data ecosystems
Keywords
- Apache Iceberg
- data catalog
- REST specifications
- open source
- data engineering
- Lakekeeper
Sponsors
dbt Labs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Lakekeeper
Products: Apache Iceberg
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