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This PR adds a comprehensive guide to Apache Iceberg table format and other modern table formats, addressing all aspects requested in the issue.

What's Added

New File: iceberg-table-format.md

  • Complete guide covering Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Apache Hudi, and Apache Kudu
  • Nearly 4,000 words of detailed technical documentation
  • Code examples and real-world use cases

Content Covered

The guide comprehensively addresses all 10 questions from the issue:

  1. What is Iceberg? - Detailed explanation of the open-source table format specification
  2. Why table formats are necessary? - Problems with raw file approaches and how table formats solve them
  3. Who created Iceberg? - Netflix's history, key contributors, and development timeline
  4. Features with examples - ACID transactions, schema evolution, time travel, partition evolution with code samples
  5. Benchmarks - TPC-DS results, Netflix/Adobe case studies, performance metrics
  6. Cloud provider support - AWS (EMR, Glue, Athena), GCP (BigQuery, Dataproc), Azure (Synapse, Databricks) with implementation examples
  7. Competing formats - Delta Lake, Apache Hudi, Apache Kudu
  8. Detailed comparison - Feature matrix, use cases, benchmarks for all formats
  9. Decision framework - When to use what with decision tree and guidelines
  10. Hello world examples - Complete code examples for all table formats (Python/Scala/Java)

Key Features

  • Practical code examples for each table format
  • Performance benchmarks with real-world metrics
  • Cloud service integration examples
  • Decision framework to help choose the right format
  • Migration strategies from traditional approaches
  • Best practices and recommendations

The guide follows the repository's documentation style with clear explanations, practical examples, real-world use cases, and references for further learning.

Updated: README.md to include the new guide in the Machine Learning & Data Science section.

Fixes #86.


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Co-authored-by: spShashankGit <25440265+spShashankGit@users.noreply.github.com>
@Copilot Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Icegerg Table Format Add comprehensive Apache Iceberg table format guide Aug 29, 2025
@Copilot Copilot AI requested a review from spShashankGit August 29, 2025 08:53
Copilot finished work on behalf of spShashankGit August 29, 2025 08:53
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