# Resources by Alex Merced

> Free Apache Iceberg books and courses, data lakehouse meetups by city, and conference slide decks, collected by Alex Merced, Head of Developer Relations at Dremio.

Last reviewed: September 29, 2026

## Pages

- [Home](https://resources.alexmerced.com/): hub for the three collections below, learning paths across Alex's sites, and a list of longer paid books on lakehouse architecture and agentic AI.
- [Learn Apache Iceberg free](https://resources.alexmerced.com/learn-iceberg-free/): 6 free books (Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide, Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide, and more) plus 15 videos, Dremio University courses, and articles.
- [Data lakehouse communities by city](https://resources.alexmerced.com/communities/): 17 meetup groups, Luma calendars, and Slack workspaces for NYC, Orlando, the East Coast, the West Coast, North America, and online.
- [Slide decks](https://resources.alexmerced.com/slide-decks/): Alex's conference, meetup, and workshop slides from 2025 on, in a shared Google Drive folder.

## Author

Alex Merced is Head of Developer Relations at Dremio. He has written books on Apache Iceberg, data lakehouses, and agentic analytics, organizes meetups, and speaks at conferences.

## Links

- Author site: https://alexmerced.com
- Books: https://books.alexmerced.com
- Dremio: https://www.dremio.com
- Developer Community: https://developer.dremio.com
- Sitemap: https://resources.alexmerced.com/sitemap.xml