Rethinking Object Storage: A First Look at Cloudflare R2 and Its Built‑In Apache Iceberg Catalog
Sometimes, we follow tradition because, well, it works—until something new comes along and makes us question the status quo. For many of us, Amazon S3 is that well‑trodden path: the backbone of our data platforms and pipelines, used countless times each day. If it vanished, our entire workflow would skid to a halt—and cost us a fortune in the process.