This article examines how modern data platforms are shifting toward execution-native orchestration. Using Databricks Lakeflow as a reference architecture, it highlights how unifying ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and governance within the execution environment can reduce operational friction, improve cost efficiency, and better support continuous analytics and AI workloads.

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