How AI Is Changing Apache Iceberg with Russell Spitzer | Ep. 30

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov
How AI Is Changing Apache Iceberg with Russell Spitzer | Ep. 30
May 18, 2026 Season 2 Episode 30
Confluent

Adi Polak talks to Russell Spitzer (Snowflake) about his career in open source data infrastructure. Russell’s first job: software engineer in test at DataStax. His challenge: making Apache Iceberg ready for AI and streaming.

SEASON 2
Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov
Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed
Music by Coastal Kites 
Artwork by Phil Vo 

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