I created Databricks XPedition — an interactive map designed to make exploring the Databricks ecosystem a little more fun. But then I thought… why stop at a map when we could turn the whole experience into a game?And that's how the first Databricks M...
What if you could see the cost of your Databricks resources without switching to a dashboard or digging through billing tables?We built FinOpsWay, a free browser extension that brings cost information directly into the Databricks interface.You can se...
There are now 292 Databricks badges and certifications. I wanted to see which ones I’ve already earned and which ones are still available, but navigating the full list was becoming a bit of a pain.So I built a Credentials section on Bricksters to mak...
Exploring Databricks AI/BI: Dataset MaterializationHave you ever wondered how dataset materialization can help improve dashboard performance in Databricks AI/BI?I have written a new article explaining Dataset Materialization in Databricks AI/BI dashb...
I recently switched from one to another Databricks partner company and encountered a subtle problem: my new Partner Academy account was empty, but my certificates, badges, and training history remained registered to the existing company.But you don't...
Stop Building Metrics Twice: How Databricks Unity Catalog Brings a Single Source of Truth to Business SemanticsRead Complete Article Here:Metric Views Databricks
This is an important change after the introduction of Genie Code billing. Previously, administrators could configure budgets and notifications, but exceeding a threshold did not necessarily stop further usage.With the new Block usage option, you can ...
How long does your business wait for a new report? A week? A month? Sometimes longer? The problem is often not Databricks, Spark, or compute. It's that every new dataset, metric, and Gold table has to go through the same Data Team. As the company gro...
I’ve been testing Genie Code in Databricks and wanted to understand not just the UX, but the actual cost behavior.My impression so far:for simple code edits / code assistance, it looks almost free,but if Genie Code starts doing things that involve re...
Great writeup - I'm also facing the same problem with Genie Code.1. This billing attribution gap isn't specific to Genie Code, it shows up anywhere an agent/orchestration layer spins up ad-hoc compute (serverless one) on your behalf. Eventhough you c...
Azure Databricks now allows organisations to configure a custom URL at the account level, providing a unified and branded access point for all users.Instead of navigating multiple workspace-specific URLs, users can log in once using a single custom U...
I've also landed on the community page after trying to get the custom-url to work. In the accounts console itself the option is mentioned, but it seems it's unavailable for our account at the moment. Are there any prerequisites except for the ones in...
Databricks has already renamed 34+ products and features, and some of them have changed names more than once.If you've ever wondered:"Is it still Mosaic AI Vector Search or AI Search?""What's the current name of Genie Spaces?""Wasn't this called some...
Foreign Tables in Databricks are part of Lakehouse Federation and allow you to query data that lives outside Databricks without copying it into Delta tables first. Think of them as a Unity Catalog object that points to an external system.Let’s unders...
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As someone who spends hours every day building notebooks, debugging pipelines, and experimenting with AI agents in Databricks, there was always one thought in the back of my mind.“Why can’t Genie Code have a full-screen workspace where I can manage e...
Databricks Apps run 24/7 with no native scale-to-zero. ~$350/mo per app (720 hrs), but internal dashboards/admin tools only get used a few hours/day. You pay for 100%, use ~15%.We had a test app run idle for 69 days before anyone noticed. ~$800 waste...
