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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
