PinnedI Almost Got Fired Because of Pandas on Databricks — Here’s What You Should Learn From My MistakeJust because your code works doesn’t mean it scales.May 3A response icon31May 3A response icon31
Delta Sharing Without the Headaches: A Field Guide to Fast, Reliable SharingHow to design, ship, and operate Delta Sharing so your consumers get speed — and you keep your sanity.Oct 15Oct 15
Agent-to-Agent (A2A): AI That Works Like a Real TeamI didn’t get into tech because I knew everything. I learned to break big problems into smaller ones, then move fast on each piece. That’s…Sep 26Sep 26
AI Superpowers for Data Engineers: The Definitive 2025 StackAI isn’t replacing data engineers — it’s finally acting like the teammate we always wanted: fast on the keyboard, fluent in SQL and Python…Sep 24Sep 24
Why BI Teams Choose Consistency Over Accuracy“Why don’t these numbers match?” If you’ve ever worked in a BI or analytics team, you’ve heard this question more times than you’d like to…Sep 11Sep 11
Data Engineering is Dead?I keep hearing: “AI needs data, so learn data engineering. Without data there’s no AI.” True — but incomplete. Let’s be honest: some folks…Sep 11A response icon6Sep 11A response icon6
Optimizing DatabriLakeflow Jobs: A Systematic Approach to Performance and Cost EfficiencyWhen running Lakeflow jobs in a cloud environment, performance tuning and cost optimization often go hand in hand. Inefficient resource…Sep 10Sep 10
Why Generative AI Is Forcing Us to Rethink Data ModelingA few months ago, I watched a non-technical colleague upload an Excel file into a GenAI chatbot. Within seconds, they were getting deep…Sep 5A response icon9Sep 5A response icon9
🎬 Lessons from Netflix: Principles for Building and Managing a Data PlatformWhen Kurt Brown from Netflix talks about building and managing a data platform, you listen. Netflix doesn’t just stream movies — it has…Sep 2Sep 2
How to Read Data from Databricks Unity Catalog with Azure Data Factory (Step-by-Step + Gotchas)You’ve got governed data in Unity Catalog (UC) and a downstream system — like an on-prem SQL Server or Azure SQL Database — that needs it…Aug 31A response icon1Aug 31A response icon1