Do you know that instead of SELECT * FROM TABLE, you can just use TABLE? TABLE is just part of pipe syntax, so you can always add another part after the pipe. Thanks to Martin Debus for noticing the possibility of using just TABLE. #databricks https:...
I am back, and runtime 18.1 is here, and with it INSERT WITH SCHEMA EVOLUTION https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-2026-week-8-16-february-2026-to-22-february-2026-f2ec48bc234f
For more than 50 years, software engineering has been guided by principles like The Mythical Man-Month, Brooks’s Law, Hofstadter’s Law, Parkinson’s Law, and the Iron Triangle.But those laws were built around a specific reality: human cognitive limits...
Love this post, Sudhir.It's been fascinating to see how quickly the principles in TMMM are evolving in the last 6 months, with the rise of agentic AI. It's a shame Fred Brooks is not around to see this technology shift.
Agentic quality monitoring is available in databricks. But tooling alone is not enough. You need a clearly defined Data Quality Pillar across your Lakehouse architecture. #databricks https://www.sunnydata.ai/blog/databricks-data-quality-pillar-ai-rea...
At the Lakehouse, we don't enforce Primary Keys, which is why the deduplication strategy is so important. One of my favourites is using transformWithStateInPandas. Of course, it only makes sense in certain scenarios. See all five major strategies on ...
When a new external location is created, file events are created by default. The autoloader from runtime 18.1 defaults to file notification mode.It is just a few weeks after TRIGGER ON UPDATE was introduced. more news:https://databrickster.medium.com...
Databricks has rolled out Runtime 18.1 (Beta), and it’s packed with meaningful enhancements across streaming, Delta Lake, SQL, geospatial, performance, and Spark 4.1.0 improvements. This release builds on 18.0 and introduces new capabilities that mak...
The Databricks State of AI Agents 2026 report highlights a clear reality: most AI pilots still fail to reach production, and governance and evaluation are the true differentiators.In my latest blog, I break down the key findings and share how we appr...
Registration for Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 is open, so I made a quick meme video with recognizable Databricks/community faces.Who did you recognize? Who’s missing?Bonus: share one fun fact about any of them — I’ll compile the best ones for a f...
One amazing feature that really stands out for me after creating a Materialized View in Databricks is the Definition SQL panel under the Overview tab that shows the exact query behind the MV. It sounds simple, but it’s incredibly powerful.Being able ...
Recently, Databricks introduced System Tags, allowing you to explicitly label objects as Certified, Deprecated or None.Certification status system tagThe certified status system tag allows users to label objects, such as catalogs, schemas, tables, da...
Lakebase is not just a product release, it’s a strategic architectural signal.As AI systems become agent-driven, ephemeral, and programmatic, the bottleneck is no longer analytics, it’s operational databases designed for permanence. Lakebase represe...
In this video, I will show you how to seamlessly publish your Azure Databricks data directly to Power BI Online, eliminating the need for complex export-import workflows.You'll learn how to configure the necessary permissions, set up Unity Catalog i...
Install databricks extension in Google Sheets, now it has a new cool functionality which allows generating pivots connected to UC data #databricks https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-2026-week-6-2-february-2026-to-8-february-2026-1ae1630...
I originally wanted to publish this as a LinkedIn article.But as many of you know, the LinkedIn engine doesn’t really promote long-form articles anymore, so I turned it into a post instead.As we mark 25 years of the Agile Manifesto, I’ve been reflect...
