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Metadata Is the Real Index: How Lakehouse Systems Avoid Scanning the World Today I want to talk about something that separates toy systems from production-grade data infrastructure: Metadata. Specifically, how modern lakehouse systems use metadata to...

Feb 11 · 4 min read · samarthmahendra.hashnode.dev  
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