📅 Wednesday, May 22, 2024 🕗 7:00 PM EEST 📍 SAP Labs Bulgaria Office, Sofia, Bulgaria We're back with another exciting in-person meetup! Join fellow data enthusiasts, professionals, and community members for an evening of real-world insights, engaging talks, and networking opportunities. This edition features two enterprise-focused sessions designed to bring Databricks use cases to life: Automating Data Vault in Databricks Peter Ivanov – Senior Solutions Architect, Innova Consult Explore how Werescape’s metadata-driven tools enable source discovery, interactive modeling, rule-based object generation, and automated documentation within Databricks. Ideal for anyone interested in scalable, repeatable data modeling and automation strategies. From SAP HANA to AI Core: End-to-End ML Pipeline with Databricks, ADLS & GitHub Actions Bisera Ivanova – Data Engineer & Databricks Ambassador, SAP Labs Bulgaria Learn how to extract and transform SAP HANA data in Databricks, store it in Azure Data Lake, train predictive models, and deploy them to SAP AI Core with CI/CD using GitHub Actions. Whether you're working in data engineering, automation, MLOps, or enterprise AI—this meetup has something valuable for you. Save your spot and join us for a night of learning, innovation, and community energy! ... View more

📅 Date: March 20, 2025 ⏰ Time: 19:00 GMT+2 📍 Location: Adastra (Energy Tower Building), Bulgaria RSVP Now to secure your spot. Join us for an engaging evening as we explore cutting-edge topics in data and AI with industry experts. Agenda 🔹 From Prompt Engineering to In-Context Learning – The Short Journey of Building a GenAI Solution in Databricks Speaker: Yuliyan Bogdanov, Lead Data Architect at the World Bank Group Learn how to build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solution in Databricks. This session will cover data preparation, vector databases, and AI-driven search to enhance GenAI performance. 🔹 From Pixels to Crops: Scalable Geospatial Analysis with Databricks Speaker: Darin Mitev, Geospatial Analyst at the World Bank Discover how Databricks powers scalable geospatial analysis in agriculture. This talk will showcase workflows for processing satellite and drone imagery to optimize crop health monitoring. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow data professionals, gain valuable insights, and explore real-world applications of Databricks. Looking forward to seeing you there! ... View more

An interesting article I wrote over at Medium, but also wanted to share here for visibility.  Note from the trenches: Securely read or write data from Databricks Unity Catalog using Azure Data Factory | by Ivan Donev | Apr, 2024 | Medium ... View more

Start the year with an exciting evening of learning, networking, and insightful discussions at our first Databricks community meet-up of 2025! 📅 Date: 20 February 2025 ⏰ Time: 19:00 (EEST) 📍 Location: Planet Schwarz Tech Theater RSVP Now to secure your spot. 🔹 Agenda 🎤 Session 1: Building Reliable Data Pipelines with Databricks Delta Live Tables 👨‍💻 Speaker: Penko Vasilev (Senior Data Engineer, Adastra) ✅ Learn how Delta Live Tables (DLT) simplifies pipeline development, automates data validation, and ensures reliable data processing. ✅ Watch a live demo covering data quality enforcement, error handling, and monitoring to help you build resilient data pipelines. 🎤 Session 2: Closing the Loop: Deploying Clusters & Libraries Alongside Databricks Asset Bundles 👩‍💻 Speaker: Aleksandra Angelova (Data Engineer, Schwarz IT) ✅ Databricks Asset Bundles streamline job and dependency deployments—but what about infrastructure? ✅ Discover how to automate cluster creation, dependency installation, and deployment using Bash and the Databricks API. ✅ Walk away with a practical script to simplify interactive testing. 🎟 Don’t miss out! Come learn, connect, and grow with the Databricks community. See you there! 🚀 ... View more

What's Your Databricks Aha! Moment? 🌟 Whether you’re new to Databricks or a seasoned pro, there’s always that one moment when everything just clicked. Maybe it was when you nailed a tricky notebook, optimized a query, solved a big data challenge, or realized how collaboration can change the game. We’d love to hear your Databricks Aha Moment! Share your story in the comments below and inspire others! Let’s celebrate those breakthroughs together. 🚀 ... View more