--- title: Floe Blog | Engineering description: Engineering | News from the development team at Floe --- Or follow us on social media: Floe is under active development and will enter Beta soon. We’d love for you to help us shape the world's best Lakehouse SQL compute engine. [GitHub ](https://github.com/eng-floe/floecat) [LinkedIn ](https://linkedin.com/company/floedb) # Blog ![](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/Illustrations/blog-heading-crop.png) [![](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/Blog%20image%20take%202.jpg) ](https://floedb.ai/blog/floe-dev-update-q2-2026) [Engineering](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering), [Company](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/company), [CEO](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/ceo) # [Floe dev update - Q2 2026 Our mid-2026 development update featuring FloeScan, enabling interactive queries on massive Iceberg and Delta lakehouse tables.](https://floedb.ai/blog/floe-dev-update-q2-2026) by[![Neil](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/neil.png)Neil](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/neil)·Jul 6, 2026 2:11:45 PM All Engineering CEO Data Data Types Query Planning Performance Product C Company Databricks FloeSQL Iceberg Java metadata AI Agents Floecat Geospatial I/O JSON Kubernetes Lakehouse Rust Spark [ All ](https://floedb.ai/blog) [ Engineering ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering) [ CEO ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/ceo) [ Data ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/data) [ Data Types ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/data-types) [ Query Planning ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/query-planning) [ Performance ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/performance) [ Product ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/product) [ C ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/c) [ Company ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/company) [ Databricks ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/databricks) [ FloeSQL ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/floesql) [ Iceberg ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/iceberg) [ Java ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/java) [ metadata ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/metadata) [ AI Agents ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/ai-agents) [ Floecat ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/floecat) [ Geospatial ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/geospatial) [ I/O ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/i-o) [ JSON ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/json) [ Kubernetes ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [ Lakehouse ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/lakehouse) [ Rust ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/rust) [ Spark ](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/spark) [Engineering](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering), [Company](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/company), [CEO](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/ceo) [ Floe dev update - Q2 2026 Our mid-2026 development update featuring FloeScan, enabling interactive queries on massive Iceberg and Delta lakehouse tables. ](https://floedb.ai/blog/floe-dev-update-q2-2026) by[![Neil](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/neil.png)Neil](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/neil)·Jul 6, 2026 2:11:45 PM [Engineering](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering), [CEO](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/ceo), [Data Types](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/data-types), [Query Planning](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/query-planning), [Lakehouse](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/lakehouse) [ Lakehouse statistics and why query engines get lost Statistical metadata is to SQL Engines as maps are to delivery drivers. Without maps, drivers get lost; without statistics, SQL Engines also get lost. ](https://floedb.ai/blog/lakehouse-statistics-and-why-query-engines-get-lost) by[![Neil](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/neil.png)Neil](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/neil)·May 11, 2026 11:24:14 AM [Data](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/data), [Engineering](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering) [ Why bother with Data Modelling - Part 3: Keys How to model keys in databases ](https://floedb.ai/blog/why-bother-with-data-modelling-part-3-keys) by[![Database Doctor](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/doctor.png)Database Doctor](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/thomas-database-doctor)·Apr 27, 2026 2:46:43 AM [Engineering](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering), [Data Types](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/data-types) [ How Variant will Replace JSONB in Lakehouses A deep dive into the variant data type in lakehouses ](https://floedb.ai/blog/how-variant-will-replace-jsonb-in-lakehous) by[![Jin](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/jin.png)Jin](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/jin)·Apr 22, 2026 12:28:35 PM [Engineering](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering), [Performance](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/performance), [I/O](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/i-o) [ After 30+ years, "Is Linux disk I/O finally fast enough?" Testing uring against custom NVME userspace drivers. ](https://floedb.ai/blog/after-30-years-is-linux-disk-io-finally-fast-enough) by[![Brini](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/brini.png)Brini](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/brini)·Mar 26, 2026 10:20:11 AM [Engineering](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/engineering), [Kubernetes](https://floedb.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [ No Policy, No Deploy: Kubernetes Governance with Kyverno Kyvermo can help you create powerful policies for your kubernetes cluster. 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