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Your notebooks deserve better than plain markdown.
Markdown documentation can be dull and boring (and ignored in some cases...), the same used to apply to markdown content in notebook cells. What i...
In October 2024, TD Bank agreed to pay over $3 billion in penalties for systemic failures in its anti-money laundering program. Largest penalty of its kind ever imposed on a U.S. bank. But the number ...
This is the first installment in a multi-part blog series on governing Databricks Apps as a platform admin. In this series, we cover everything from architecture and access control to cost management,...
Introduction: Modern Data Engineering has a Location Problem
In the world of data engineering, the "What" and "When" are often handled with ease. We know what was bought and when it was delivered. But...
How to: Master Streaming Tables and Materialized Views
Make sure to check out the previous post: https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/spark-declarative-pipelines-how-to-series-part-1-how...
Summary
Learn how Auto Loader with file events simplifies cloud storage ingestion by eliminating the need to choose between directory listing simplicity and classic notifications performance.Discover...
Overview
Why Platform Administration & Observability Matter
As data platforms scale, cost and complexity also scale along with them.Platform teams today are expected to:
Control cloud spendEnable team...
Focusing on the CoreUnderstanding Lakehouse FederationWhat is Query Federation?The Case for Query Federation: Why It MattersChoosing Your Path: Query Federation vs.LakeflowConnectEcosystem Compatibili...
Introduction
Ultralytics YOLO [1] (You Only Look Once) is one of the most widely used computer vision frameworks. It is fast, accurate, and well supported, with a range of model sizes (from nano to ex...
IntroductionProblem StatementWhy Spark Creates Part FilesSolution for Parquet (Recommended for Analytics)Solution for single CSV File with a Meaningful NameSupported FormatsWhen Should You Use This?Go...