The catalog is the right attachment point for AI agents working against a lakehouse. Here's how to wire the official Polaris MCP Server and add the read.
Catalog federation gives you one authorization model and one audit point across regions. Here's what it solves, what it doesn't, and how to build.
Federate first so analytics work now, migrate what benefits from migrating, and leave the rest where it is indefinitely.
Parquet files have a version field that doesn't reliably signal feature requirements. A new versioning discipline is coming, borrowing from Iceberg's.