How Tables Grew a Brain: Iceberg, Hudi, Delta, Paimon, DuckLake

Table-format idea flow: Iceberg (batch snapshots) → Hudi (incremental COW/MOR) → Delta Lake (txn log & deletion vectors) → Paimon (stream-native LSM) → DuckLake (catalog-first). From Snapshots to Synapses Over the last few years, “table formats” quie...