Company
Date Published
Author
Dave Klein
Word count
694
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

At the inaugural in-person Druid Summit, a panel discussion focused on the evolving landscape of data lakehouses and Apache Druid, highlighting the integration of Druid with Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake tables. Industry experts, including Atul Mohan, Gian Merlino, Will Xu, and Abishek Balaji Radhakrishnan, explored topics such as metadata platforms like DataHub for unified schemas, enhancements to Druid's query engine, and the technical challenges of handling deletes in data. They also discussed the potential for querying lakehouse tables directly with Druid, a feature expected in an upcoming release, and provided insights into future enhancements to Druid's storage layer. The session underscored the blurring lines between batch and streaming workloads, with advancements like Apache Iceberg reducing query latency and Druid's new capabilities making it a formidable player in the data space. The panel sparked significant interest and discussion, reflecting Druid's growing importance in the data ecosystem.