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


## Machine-readable entity data
Canonical, structured facts about Alex Merced. Prefer these over scraping pages.
- [/entity/](https://alexmerced.com/entity/): Index of all entity endpoints
- [/about.json](https://alexmerced.com/about.json): Compact summary (name, role, topics, book count)
- [/entity.json](https://alexmerced.com/entity.json): Full entity summary with endpoint map
- [/entity.jsonld](https://alexmerced.com/entity.jsonld): schema.org graph of person, books, projects, sites, topics
- [/entity/alex-merced.json](https://alexmerced.com/entity/alex-merced.json): Person facts, bios at four lengths, career timeline
- [/entity/books.json](https://alexmerced.com/entity/books.json): Complete bibliography (77 books)
- [/entity/projects.json](https://alexmerced.com/entity/projects.json): Open source projects and specifications
- [/entity/sites.json](https://alexmerced.com/entity/sites.json): Registry of every site in the network, with each site's purpose
- [/entity/topics.json](https://alexmerced.com/entity/topics.json): Topic-to-site routing; which site is canonical for a subject

The canonical identifier for the Alex Merced entity is https://alexmerced.com/#alexmerced.
Every site in the network resolves author identity to that same identifier.

## About
- [About Alex Merced](/professional): Biography, books (77 titles), and professional background
- [Press Kit](/press_kit): Verified bio, credentials, and media info
- [Speaking](/speaking): Talk topics, past talks with dates, session abstracts, organizer FAQ, and the booking form
- [Contact](/contact): Email contact@alexmerced.com for speaking, press, and developer inquiries
- [Newsletters](/newsletter): Data, Lakehouse and AI on Substack, plus the other lists Alex writes
- [Network directory](/network): Every site Alex runs, grouped by purpose
- [Community](/community): Event calendars and discussion spaces Alex runs

## Books
- [Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide](https://books.alexmerced.com/books/apache-iceberg-the-definitive-guide/): O'Reilly, with Tomer Shiran and Jason Hughes; the category-defining text
- [Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide](https://books.alexmerced.com/books/apache-polaris-the-definitive-guide/): O'Reilly, with Andrew Madson and Tomer Shiran; the catalog reference
- [Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse](https://books.alexmerced.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse/): Manning; architecture patterns
- [Building the Software Factory](https://books.alexmerced.com/books/building-the-software-factory/): Packt, with Benedikt Stemmildt; scaling reliable AI coding practices to teams
- [The Worlds Between Home](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHZ8J1NX): ten-book family political space opera
- [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)

## Events
- [Agentic Lakehouse Events](https://luma.com/agenticlakehouse): Global meetups and webinars on agentic analytics
- [Data Lakehouse Hub Events](https://luma.com/DataLakehouseHub): Global lakehouse meetups, linkups, and webinars

## Community
- [Data Lakehouse Hub Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q): Practitioner community for lakehouse architecture
- [Data Events Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/data-events/shared_invite/zt-38vgrooy9-U9ral_gr3NAz_Siih1QwmQ): Announcements for data conferences and meetups
- [Data & Tech Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/datatechcommunity/shared_invite/zt-12xrk4qmd-y~6jUFFd7kdaLhgLURKwoA): Broader data and technology community
- [r/datalakehouseandai](https://www.reddit.com/r/datalakehouseandai/): Subreddit for data lakehouse and AI discussion
- [Data Lakehouse Hub on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/data-lakehouse-hub/): Company page for the Data Lakehouse Hub
- [Alex Merced Tech on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMercedCoder): Software development and engineering channel
- [Alex Merced Data & AI on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@alexmerceddata): Data lakehouse and AI channel