I went ahead and generated a blog post for the "Iceberg Summit 2026", please take a look! https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15013 Would love to get this out so that we can spread awareness for the summit and CFP deadline.
Best, Kevin Liu On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome, thanks Danica! > Yet another reminder that *the Iceberg Summit CFP is due in 8 days*!! On > Jan 18th, https://sessionize.com/iceberg-summit-2026 > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM Danica Fine via dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
