Manish Malhotra is a software engineer with four years of hands-on experience building back-end systems and contributing to high-profile open-source projects. He has been a contributor to Trino, the distributed SQL query engine, where he focused on the Iceberg connector—adding features like a hidden path column, support for sorted_by table property, and fixes to prevent metastore lock-related table corruption. Comfortable working on distributed query engines and storage metadata, he brings practical expertise in preventing data integrity issues in complex systems. Though early in his career, his contributions to a widely used big-data repo demonstrate a knack for tackling nuanced backend problems that have outsized production impact.
Official repository of Trino, the distributed SQL query engine for big data, formerly known as PrestoSQL (https://trino.io)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:217 reviews, 1 commit, 21 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Manish primarily contributed to the Trino query engine, specifically focusing on the Iceberg connector. Their work involved adding and modifying features related to Iceberg metadata, including a hidden path column for queries. Furthermore, the user addressed a critical issue related to metastore lock release failures, preventing potential table corruption. They also implemented support for the `sorted_by` table property.
Official repository of Trino, the distributed SQL query engine for big data, formerly known as PrestoSQL (https://trino.io)
Contributions:351 pushes, 31 branches in 2 years 8 months
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