# Alex Merced
> Portal into the professional and personal world of Alex Merced — Head of Developer Relations at Dremio, O'Reilly and Manning author.

## About
- [About Alex Merced](/professional.html): Biography, books, and professional background

## Books
- [Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide](https://www.amazon.com/Apache-Iceberg-Functionality-Performance-Scalability/dp/1098148622): O'Reilly — the category-defining text
- [Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBRJ7J1Y): O'Reilly — the catalog reference
- [Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse](https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse): Manning — architecture patterns
- [All Books](https://books.alexmerced.com): Complete library

## Projects
- [Pangolin Catalog](https://pangolincatalog.org): Rust Iceberg REST catalog
- [Iceframe](https://github.com/AlexMercedCoder/iceframe): Python library for Iceberg

## Profiles
- [GitHub](https://github.com/alexmercedcoder)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmerced)
- [YouTube (Data)](https://www.youtube.com/@alexmerceddata)
- [YouTube (Dev)](https://www.youtube.com/@alexmercedcoder)
- [Substack](https://amdatalakehouse.substack.com)
- [Dev.to](https://dev.to/alexmercedcoder)