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...
Databricks AI/BI Dashboard now empowers users to create relationships between datasets!This is a significant enhancement for self-service analytics and interactive dashboard design within Databricks. With dataset relationships, you can now connect mu...
Building effective Databricks AI/BI dashboards requires thoughtful data relationships and a clear understanding of user needs. The same principle applies to new software products, where testing core features early is essential. A reliable mvp develop...
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...
DABs already made app deployment easy. But recent updates turned it into a true one-click one-file job.The app, its Lakebase database, search index, jobs, MLflow experiment, and secret scopes are now resources in one databricks.yml. A single Databric...
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 discovered a very useful set of Databricks icons for draw.io and Mermaid created by Eduardo Rabelo.For anyone who regularly creates Databricks architecture diagrams, documentation, presentations, or technical posts, this is something that ...
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Almost every data team has a story about a password in the wrong place. It might be an API key pasted into a notebook "just to test something," or a connection string that made it into Git. Sometimes it's a shared credential that nobody dares rotate,...
how to audit credentials change, rollbacks change and set alert credentials expired.
Databricks recently released the Microsoft Outlook connector in Lakeflow Connect, making it easier to ingest Outlook email data directly into Azure Databricks for analytics and AI workloads. The connector supports managed ingestion pipelines, increme...
I am hosting a free virtual session with the Mumbai Databricks User Group! Databricks now has Genie One, Genie Code, and Agent. Many people ask me: "Which one should I use, and when?"So let's talk about it together.In this session, we will cover:️ Wh...
In this video, I’ll show you how to ingest data from multiple SharePoint folders into the Databricks Unity Catalog as streaming tables using Declarative Automation Bundles (DAB) in Azure Databricks. You'll learn how to define an end-to-end ingestion...
Version 6 of the serverless environment is available, which corresponds to runtime 19. more news https://medium.com/databrickscommunity/databricks-news-serverless-genie-code-ltap-lakeflow-61853d8e422a
Hi Databricks Community I've just published adeep dive on dual-speed (bimodal) AI app architecture: keep the deterministic application layer stable (auth, workflows, migrations), while iterating quickly on the intelligence layer (prompts, model rout...
In the Unity AI gateway, it is also possible to register an external model for which we pay the provider directly (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.). In that case, Databricks now knows the prices for those models and can calculate, monitor usage, and alert or...
Direct mode is GA and is now the default for bundles created from the workspace (since 13th August 2026); it will become the general CLI default on 26th August 2026. Let's see what direct mode brings and what will come next. https://medium.com/databr...
