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Open source

Most of this is interoperability plumbing: making Postgres, Go, and REST catalogs agree on how Apache Iceberg tables are found, named, and governed.

Built

Snowflake-Labs / blueprint-managerco-created · 46 stars

Guided, self-service Snowflake platform setup that generates the SQL and configuration for your environment.

announced at Snowflake Summit 2026·includes the SHERPA Iceberg playbook: 16 modules across 5 interop patterns

Contributed

Snowflake-Labs / pg_lake8 merged · 2 in review

A Postgres extension for Apache Iceberg and data lake files, with DuckDB-powered execution.

REST catalog interop: Polaris, Lakekeeper, Nessie, Unity Catalog·shipped in v3.5.x·write-up

#715Keep '/' in the catalog prefix when building REST URLsmerged #662Support unauthenticated REST catalog accessmerged #649Distinguish a non-existent REST catalog from a missing namespacemerged #629pg_lake_copy: exclude generated columns from COPY TOmerged #625Auto-detect Iceberg catalog prefix from GET /v1/configmerged #630Clamp partitioned-write file-descriptor limit to max_safe_fds / 3merged #507Configurable REST catalog base URI (Lakekeeper, Nessie, Unity Catalog)merged #401pgduck client: fix PGHOSTADDR environment variable overridemerged #428pg_lake_copy: reject multidimensional arrays in COPY TOin review #397Defer REST catalog metadata deletion until after commitin review

apache / iceberg-go2 merged · 1 approved

The Go implementation of Apache Iceberg.

catalog conformance suite (#1691)·rename error fixes in the REST and Hive catalogs

#2173Cross-namespace rename conformance tests; harden REST and Hive rename error mappingmerged #2165Table lifecycle conformance tests; fix rename-to-existing errorsmerged #2190Run the catalog conformance suite against Apache Polarisapproved

Apache Iceberg Compatibility Matrix2 merged

The community Apache Iceberg compatibility reference at icebergmatrix.org.

added Snowflake Horizon Catalog·read/write support across 19 platforms, Iceberg REST V2 and V3

#15Update Snowflake feature support for 2025 GA announcementsmerged #9Add Snowflake Horizon Catalog as a named catalog optionmerged

My repos

pythonrichiebachala / ai-based-data-engineeringCompanion code for the book: the OpsPulse dataset generator and per-chapter runnable examples.author jinjarbac-hardening-blueprintRBAC hardening blueprint for Blueprint Manager: audit, harden, and monitor role-based access. jinjacost-management-blueprintCost management blueprint for Blueprint Manager: analyze and govern credit consumption. pythonrichiebachala / Databricks-and-SparkFeature engineering, Spark ML, MLflow tracking, and streaming sources.

In the stack

polarisapache / polarisIceberg REST catalog reference implementation; powers Snowflake Horizon Catalog. icebergapache / icebergThe open table format. SHERPA maps its 16 modules to the five interoperability patterns. pyicebergapache / iceberg-pythonNotebook-native reads, writes, and schema evolution. gravitinoapache / gravitinoVendor-neutral metadata catalog across Iceberg REST, Hive Metastore, and JDBC. ossieapache / ossieSemantic model spec for grounding AI agents across dbt, BI tools, and catalogs. arcticSnowflake-AI-Research / Arctic-PlatformSnowflake's LLM post-training framework. headroomheadroomlabs-ai / headroomToken compression for AI agents; library, proxy, or MCP server. yugabyteyugabyte / yugabyte-dbDistributed SQL. As Director of SE, North Americas, led YSQL migrations and YCQL deployments for Fortune 50 accounts.