Data Principal

DataFusion 54.0.0 Lands LATERAL Joins and SQL Lambdas

DataFusion 54.0.0 adds LATERAL joins and lambdas, LanceDB benchmarks lakehouse metadata on S3, plus SQLMesh and Dagster point releases for production…

2 hrs ago • Can Artuc

OpenLineage 1.49, RisingWave 3.0, MotherDuck Flights

OpenLineage 1.49.0 adds a Cassandra JDBC extractor and dbt lineage fixes, RisingWave 3.0 defaults to DataFusion for batch, and MotherDuck previews…

Jun 11 • Can Artuc

DataPrincipal Daily - June 10th, 2026

Agentic analytics, a Rust rewrite of dbt, and the metadata tier under object-storage Kafka all moved this week, while the table-format vendors stayed…

Jun 10 • Can Artuc

DataPrincipal Daily - June 9th, 2026

Streaming SQL is teaching its catalog to talk to agents, table formats are growing vector types, and the orchestration and vector-database lines spent…

Jun 9 • Can Artuc

DataPrincipal Daily - June 8th, 2026

Iceberg v4 design work, vendor interoperability claims, and engine-level write support all converged on the same metadata layer this week.

Jun 8 • Can Artuc

March 2026

€2.1 Million in Dead Stock Started with a Slide Deck

The AI strategy was approved in six weeks. Nobody talked to the data team. The model shipped on ghost records and duplicate customers. This is how it…

Mar 3 • Can Artuc

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February 2026

AI vs Human Judgment: Built on a Shrinking Foundation

The constraint was never the data itself. It was who could read it.

Feb 10 • Can Artuc

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January 2026

The Press Release Was in Two Days

We were a stock exchange company. A public announcement was scheduled. And GDPR Article 17 was not optional.

Jan 28 • Can Artuc

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Six Data Shifts That Will Define Enterprise AI in 2026

$19B in M&A consolidation signals data infrastructure is the new AI moat. Decision makers need to know about vendor dynamics, build vs buy, and…

Jan 5 • Can Artuc

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December 2025

AI Development Tools and the Architect's Role: Lovable's $330M Funding Changes Everything

Lovable raised $330M at $6.6B. 100K projects daily. Here's how architects must evolve when anyone can ship by lunch or risk becoming the bottleneck in…

Dec 20, 2025 • Can Artuc

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly: Data Mesh

Imagine every team in your company treating data the way a chef treats their signature dish: they shop for the ingredients, cook the meal, and proudly…

Dec 6, 2025 • Can Artuc

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November 2025

What are the Differences Between Data Duplication and Replication?

Data duplication and replication are two commonly used terms in data management that refer to copying data from one location to another.

Nov 8, 2025 • Can Artuc

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