Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
NFC Tags, Suno, Gemini 4 Argon, much more
Oct 1, 202622 min
Alex Merced talks about his thoughts on technology. Follow Alex and find all this other work like his newsletters at AlexMerced.com
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Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
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Alex Merced interviews people with something to say in the fields of Web Development and Data Engineering/Analytics.Find all episodes here: https://host.alexmercedpodcast.com/series/webdata/
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Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced is hosted by Alex Merced. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
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Recent episodes include "NFC Tags, Suno, Gemini 4 Argon, much more" (1 October 2026, 22 minutes), "AI Models & Agentic Harnesses, Graph Engineering, Gaming on Android Devices, Dispatch" (14 August 2026, 25 minutes), and "AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems." (28 July 2026, 22 minutes).
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Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 32 episodes.
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Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
AI Models & Agentic Harnesses, Graph Engineering, Gaming on Android Devices, Dispatch
Aug 14, 202625 minAlex talks about what’s on his mind when it comes to tech, enjoy!Find everything Alex at AlexMerced.com
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems.
Jul 28, 202622 minAlex Merced gives the update on the state of the Data & AI world after this summer. Follow Alex Merced, find all links at AlexMerced.com
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy
May 18, 202626 minS0Alex Merced discusses his thoughts on the Virality of the AI Song, the Puerto Rico Song, the role of AI in music and whether it threatens art.
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
AI Updates, Lakehouse Streaming (Iceberg/Fluss), and more!
Apr 19, 202624 minS0Alex Merced as always discusses his thoughts on news in the tech world including AI updates and streaming to data lakehouses. Follow Alex on Social: alexmerced.com
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Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
Jan 27, 202614 minS0Alex 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...
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
Jan 16, 202622 minS0Alex 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...
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development
Jan 2, 202624 minS0Alex Merced discusses more about his experience with the Google Anitgravity IDE Follow Alex Merced at AlexMerced.com
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
Dec 23, 202519 minS0Alex 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
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?
Nov 25, 2025—S0Try the Dremio Free trial at Dremio.com/get-started Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com
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Gaming Handheld Buying Guide and New Lakehouse Free Trial
Nov 18, 2025—S0Guide to the Dremio Free Trial: https://amdatalakehouse.substack.com/p/comprehensive-hands-on-walk-through?r=h4f8p In this episode I make som suggestions on great handhelds you can buy for christmas, here is some...
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?
Oct 17, 2025—S0Alex Merced discusses different paths to a Universal Lakehouse Catalog standard and their pros and cons. Find links to books, social and more at AlexMerced.com
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent
Sep 26, 2025—S0Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount...
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
Sep 5, 2025—S0Alex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at...
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog
Jun 30, 2025—S0Past is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to...
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Data News: DuckLake, Confluent’s TableFlow, New Book!
May 27, 2025—S0Go to the DataLakehouseHub.com and join my Slack Community Download Free Iceberg Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725iceberg Download Free Polaris Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725Polaris
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)
Apr 6, 2025—S0Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced
2025, Data Lakehouse Looking Forward
Dec 30, 2024—S0Alex Merced discusses what he looks forward to in 2025 in the Data Lakehouse Space. Alex Merced Event Listings: https://lu.ma/LakehouselinkupsAlex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alextalksdatalakehouses.fyi Alex on...
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BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)
Nov 5, 2024—S0Register for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024 Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024 London Meetup: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups Paris Meetup...
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