chimerasaurus

> You will join a collaborative, mission-driven team where ideas are valued, contributions are recognized, and innovation is part of everyday work.

Wow, gee wiz. I can’t wait to synergize in real time for action oriented solutions.

/s

This website feels like an HR person asked Claude to make a website. If you’re swayed by a simple website, you’re not high caliber talent.

I’m never leaving Seattle.

iykyk

No doubt. Ask my team how thrilled I am whenever we say "coming soon."

Narrator: It made him die inside.

I’d take issue with the “Iceberg is slow” theme that Databricks in particular has tried to push.

If that were true, Snowflake would not be as fast on Iceberg/Parquet as its native format. The engine makes something fast or slow, not the table format.

Disclaimer - am at Snowflake.

I agree with the points you make above.

It’s written by a group -really- trying to make one of them a thing, even though it’s in decline, so just have that lens for anyone reading it.

Disclaimer - work at Snowflake. Two quick points to mention.

1. Snowflake has always used blob stores + file data + metadata. Architecturally it’s actually always been very Lakehouse-y

2. Parquet and Iceberg should be equivalent in performance and features. It’s more than playing nicely - it’s more choose your own adventure where all things are equal.

As a note, Iceberg also supports AVRO in addition to Parquet (and ORC).

I talk to customers basically all day about table formats. Only one customer has really brought up Hudi in a meaningful way. IMO, Hudi is basically out of contention for 95%+ of people looking at table formats.

I’ll just point out on the Snowflake side, we’ve been very public saying we want Iceberg/Parquet to be at or as close to parity as possible with our native format. The value add is the platform, not lock in. That also forces us to be the best on open formats, which IMO is also a good thing for everyone.

Disclaimer: I work at Snowflake literally on this with my team. :)

Yep.

One system is political but clear in how it operates. The other system is political and unclear how it operates. Still both "political".