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 # Skaldberg
 
-A small, cloud-native time-series database backed by Apache Iceberg.
+A cloud-native, operation-less, cost-effective time-series database
+backed by AWS S3 Tables (Apache Iceberg).
 
 Status: **Phase 8 (PromQL → SQL pushdown over S3 Tables).** Storage is
 Apache Iceberg tables on AWS S3 Tables (or an in-process MemoryCatalog