Do You Really Need That New Data Tool, or is a Spreadsheet Good Enough?

The Joe Reis Show

This morning, a great article came across my feed that gave me PTSD, asking if Iceberg is the Hadoop of the Modern Data Stack?

In this rant, I bring the discussion back to a central question you should ask with any hot technology - do you need it at all? Do you need a tool built for the top 1% of companies at a sufficient data scale? Or is a spreadsheet good enough?

Link: https://blog.det.life/apache-iceberg-the-hadoop-of-the-modern-data-stack-c83f63a4ebb9

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