A behind-the-scenes look at the design decisions, architecture, and lessons learned while bringing the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog to lakeFS. When we first announced our native lakeFS Iceberg REST Catalog, we focused on what it means for data teams: seamless, Git-like version control for structured and unstructured data, at any scale. But how did we build it? What were the trade-offs, the “aha!” moments, and the hard problems we had to solve? For the builders among you,  we’re pulling back the c...