Julien Hurault

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Julien Hurault is a freelance data engineer based in Geneva who has helped data teams ship faster at companies like BMW and Swiss Post. He writes a widely read data engineering newsletter and built the boring-catalog project for Iceberg.

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Jun 12, 2025

Escaping Catalog Hell: A Guide to Iceberg, DuckDB & the Data Lakehouse

Building a data stack means choosing between easy SaaS and complex open-source. Apache Iceberg is a middle ground, but its catalog is a hurdle. New tools now simplify using Iceberg with DuckDB to create a flexible, local data lakehouse.

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Julien Hurault

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Escaping Catalog Hell: A Guide to Iceberg, DuckDB & the Data Lakehouse

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