Alex Merced on Technology

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Channel • 7 Shows

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Updated Jan 27
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Updated Jan 27
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Updated Jan 27
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Updated Jan 27
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Updated 2025-12-05

JAN 27

Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems

Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com

Jan 27

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14 min
2024-03-25

#1 – intro to catalogs, manifests and metadata. Oh my!

In this episode, Alex Merced introduces his new podcast “Catalogs, Manifests, and Metadata. Oh my!” covering open-source data projects like Apache Iceberg and others. Make sure to subscribe, this podcast will be showing up in podcast directories over the next week or so of the publishing of this episode. Follow Alex Merced, find all links […]

2024-03-25

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2025-11-25

Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?

Try the Dremio Free trial at Dremio.com/get-started Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com

2025-11-25

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2025-06-11

Data News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3

Alex Merced talks about the annoucement at Snowflake and Databricks respective conferences in particular when it comes to the lakehouse. Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data

2025-06-11

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2025-12-23

2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg

Alex Merced (AlexMerced.com) discusses:– his thoughts on thriving in 2026– His use of Google’s Antigravity– His use of NotebookLM– Dremio’s AI tools (dremio.com)– More Check out Pangolin Catalog at PangolinCatalog.org

2025-12-23

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19 min
JAN 2

More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development

Alex Merced discusses more about his experience with the Google Anitgravity IDE Follow Alex Merced at AlexMerced.com

Jan 2

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24 min
2023-12-18

EP41 - ZeroETL & Virtual Data Marts: The Cutting Edge of Lakehouse Architecture

Embark on a transformative journey with our insightful presentation, "ZeroETL & Virtual Data Marts: The Cutting Edge of Lakehouse Architecture." In this engaging video, we'll delve into the intricacies of modern data engineering and how it has evolved to address key pain points in the realm of data processing. Alex will illuminate the challenges data engineers face, from the complexities of backfilling and brittle pipelines to the frustration of sluggish data delivery. We'll introduce you to the high-impact concepts of ZeroETL and Virtual Data Marts, demonstrating how these innovative patterns can dramatically alleviate these common pains. By reducing the need for manual data movement and preparation pipelines, you'll discover a more efficient, agile, and responsive data ecosystem. Watch this video as Alex Merced, Developer Advocate from Dremio provide a practical guide to implementing these transformative patterns. He'll walk you through the steps to bring the power of ZeroETL and Virtual Data Marts into your own data landscape. Leveraging cutting-edge tools like Dremio, DBT, and more, you'll gain hands-on experience in designing and deploying these patterns to streamline your data workflows and supercharge your analytics capabilities. Don't miss this opportunity to stay at the forefront of data architecture, enabling your organization to harness data's full potential while reducing complexity and overhead. Join us for an exploration of the future of data engineering – a future where ZeroETL and Virtual Data Marts pave the way for data agility, speed, and innovation. Ready to Get-Started: https://www.dremio.com/get-started/?u... See all upcoming episodes and past episodes: https://www.dremio.com/gnarly-data-wa... Connect with us! Community Forum: https://bit.ly/2ELXT0W Github: https://bit.ly/3go4dcM Blog: https://bit.ly/2DgyR9B Questions?: https://bit.ly/30oi8tX Website: https://bit.ly/2XmtEnN Resource: https://www.dremio.com/resources/?utm... Events: https://www.dremio.com/events/?utm_me...#datalakehouse #analytics #datawarehouse #datalake #dataengineers #dataarchitects #governance #dremiocloud #opendatalakehouse #apacheiceberg #selfservice #enterprisedata #multitables #tableformat #ETL #BI #genai #datapipelines #datamovement #automation #security #nodatacopies #dataanalytics #reflection #dataaccess #storagecost #lowercompute #maintenancecost #networkfees #licensingfees #federatesources #dashboards #c3 #apachearrow #queryoptimizer #rawreflections #aggregatereflections #lakehousearchitecture #zeroetl #virtualdatamarts #datasource

2023-12-18

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42 min
JAN 27

Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems

Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com

Jan 27

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14 min
2025-12-23

2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg

Alex Merced (AlexMerced.com) discusses:– his thoughts on thriving in 2026– His use of Google’s Antigravity– His use of NotebookLM– Dremio’s AI tools (dremio.com)– More Check out Pangolin Catalog at PangolinCatalog.org

2025-12-23

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19 min
JAN 16

Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling

Alex Merced talks about how his optimism about the Agentic AI tool and poses the question, if people can run as fast as they could before AI, instead of resenting them for it, ask yourself how much further you can now run with AI. Follow Alex on Social: AlexMerced.com The Data Lakehouse Community: https://www.datalakehousehub.com

Jan 16

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22 min

Podcasts where Alex Merced discusses technology like Web Development and Data Engineering. Join the devNursery slack community for web developers at devNursery.com Join the DataNation slack community for data engineers, scientists and analysts at datanation.click