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Ajay Bose
Software Engineer
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Recent Articles
View all →Demystifying Table Formats: Hive vs. Iceberg vs. Hudi
Understand the differences between file formats (Parquet, ORC) and table formats, how traditional Hive falls short on modern cloud storage, and how Apache Iceberg and Apache Hudi bring ACID transactions, partition evolution, and lakehouse capabilities to data lakes.
Building Scalable REST APIs with Go
A practical guide to designing and building production-ready REST APIs using Go, covering project structure, middleware patterns, and database integration.
Comparing various storage formats for object storage compatibility
We have been using parquet storage format for storing our petabyte scale tables in Google Cloud Storage using Hive as our meta store. We encountered s...
Non-Tech Writings
View all →Our UK Adventure: Visas, Food, and Lessons Learned
A family trip to the United Kingdom — lessons learned about visas, food, itinerary planning, and traveling with a kid.
TravelLessons From My First Solo Trip
Reflections on what I learned from traveling alone for the first time — from navigating unfamiliar cities to finding comfort in solitude.
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