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      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/built-first-data-engineering-project-two-evenings",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/built-first-data-engineering-project-two-evenings",
      "title": "I built a data engineering project in two evenings. Here is exactly what I did",
      "summary": "A boundary instead of a study plan: two evenings, 100 messy orders, one gold table, and a pipeline that runs twice without breaking. Here is the full walkthrough you can repeat tonight in Databricks Free Edition.",
      "content_text": "A boundary instead of a study plan: two evenings, 100 messy orders, one gold table, and a pipeline that runs twice without breaking. Here is the full walkthrough you can repeat tonight in Databricks Free Edition.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Ffirst-project-two-evenings-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-20T13:30:43.472949+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-20T13:30:43.472949+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
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        "Databricks",
        "Data Engineering",
        "PySpark",
        "Getting Started",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-late-arriving-data",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-late-arriving-data",
      "title": "The event arrived two days late. How to handle late data in Databricks",
      "summary": "A phone was offline, a partner file was late, a queue backed up. Here is how to keep event time honest and stop numbers from drifting quietly.",
      "content_text": "A phone was offline, a partner file was late, a queue backed up. Here is how to keep event time honest and stop numbers from drifting quietly.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-late-arriving-data-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-20T01:50:50.475485+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-20T01:50:50.475485+00:00",
      "authors": [
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          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Databricks",
        "Streaming",
        "Delta Lake",
        "Data Quality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-backfill-without-breaking-downstream",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-backfill-without-breaking-downstream",
      "title": "The backfill. How to reload history in Databricks without breaking downstream tables",
      "summary": "Reloading March means touching a table six dashboards already read. Here is the plan that makes a backfill boring instead of frightening.",
      "content_text": "Reloading March means touching a table six dashboards already read. Here is the plan that makes a backfill boring instead of frightening.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-backfill-without-breaking-downstream-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-19T01:51:14.206917+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-19T01:51:14.206917+00:00",
      "authors": [
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          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
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        "Databricks",
        "Delta Lake",
        "Backfill",
        "Pipelines"
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    },
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      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/agent-discovers-agent-applies",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/agent-discovers-agent-applies",
      "title": "Agent discovers. Agent applies. What that changes for data engineers",
      "summary": "An agent found the table, read the schema, and proposed the merge in forty seconds. Everything it got right came from work a data engineer had already done.",
      "content_text": "An agent found the table, read the schema, and proposed the merge in forty seconds. Everything it got right came from work a data engineer had already done.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fagent-discovers-agent-applies-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-18T13:38:17.259888+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-18T13:38:17.259888+00:00",
      "authors": [
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          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "AI Agents",
        "Unity Catalog",
        "Data Quality",
        "Delta Lake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/schema-evolution-databricks-pipelines",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/schema-evolution-databricks-pipelines",
      "title": "The schema changed overnight. How to survive it in Databricks",
      "summary": "A source team added one column and renamed another, and the nightly job failed. Here is how schema change actually works in Databricks, and how to handle each case calmly.",
      "content_text": "A source team added one column and renamed another, and the nightly job failed. Here is how schema change actually works in Databricks, and how to handle each case calmly.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fschema-evolution-databricks-pipelines-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-18T01:46:27.635292+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-18T01:46:27.635292+00:00",
      "authors": [
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        "Databricks",
        "Delta Lake",
        "Schema Evolution",
        "Auto Loader"
      ]
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    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/how-to-become-ai-data-engineer-with-bricksnotes",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/how-to-become-ai-data-engineer-with-bricksnotes",
      "title": "You are new to data engineering. Here is how to become an AI data engineer with BricksNotes",
      "summary": "A complete path for a fresh data engineering aspirant. Free Edition setup, the lessons in order, the habits that matter, and how to grow into AI ready work.",
      "content_text": "A complete path for a fresh data engineering aspirant. Free Edition setup, the lessons in order, the habits that matter, and how to grow into AI ready work.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fbricksnotes-ai-data-engineer-path-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-17T00:43:50.956895+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-17T00:43:50.956895+00:00",
      "authors": [
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          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
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        "Career",
        "Beginners",
        "Learning Path",
        "AI Data Engineer"
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      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/auto-loader-vs-copy-into-databricks",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/auto-loader-vs-copy-into-databricks",
      "title": "Auto Loader or COPY INTO? How to ingest files into Databricks without breaking things",
      "summary": "A daily CSV drop grew to seven hundred files and turned a five minute job into forty. Here is how COPY INTO and Auto Loader remember what they already loaded, and how to choose.",
      "content_text": "A daily CSV drop grew to seven hundred files and turned a five minute job into forty. Here is how COPY INTO and Auto Loader remember what they already loaded, and how to choose.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fauto-loader-vs-copy-into-databricks-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-16T04:27:00.141373+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-16T04:27:00.141373+00:00",
      "authors": [
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        }
      ],
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        "Databricks",
        "Auto Loader",
        "Ingestion",
        "Delta Lake"
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      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/idempotent-pipelines-safe-reruns-databricks",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/idempotent-pipelines-safe-reruns-databricks",
      "title": "The job ran twice. Why safe reruns decide if a pipeline is production ready",
      "summary": "A nightly load failed at 2am, got rerun at 7am, and quietly doubled a revenue number for a week. Here is what idempotency really means, and the four write patterns that make a Databricks pipeline safe to run twice.",
      "content_text": "A nightly load failed at 2am, got rerun at 7am, and quietly doubled a revenue number for a week. Here is what idempotency really means, and the four write patterns that make a Databricks pipeline safe to run twice.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fidempotent-pipelines-safe-reruns-databricks-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-15T03:02:12.195492+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-15T03:02:12.195492+00:00",
      "authors": [
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          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Databricks",
        "Delta Lake",
        "Pipelines",
        "Data Quality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-190-billion-journey",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-190-billion-journey",
      "title": "From a research lab to $190 billion: the Databricks story and what comes next",
      "summary": "Databricks closed a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation in August 2026. Here is the full thirteen-year story behind that number, from Spark at Berkeley to Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Lakeflow and the agent era, and what it means for data engineers.",
      "content_text": "Databricks closed a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation in August 2026. Here is the full thirteen-year story behind that number, from Spark at Berkeley to Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Lakeflow and the agent era, and what it means for data engineers.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-190-billion-journey-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-14T02:37:26.287237+00:00",
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      "authors": [
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Databricks",
        "Story",
        "Lakehouse",
        "Unity Catalog",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/streaming-table-vs-materialized-view-databricks",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/streaming-table-vs-materialized-view-databricks",
      "title": "Streaming table or materialized view? How to choose in a Databricks pipeline",
      "summary": "A nightly silver job that used to finish in twenty minutes started running past breakfast. Nothing was wrong with the code. It was rebuilding the whole table every night. Here is how to decide between a streaming table and a materialized view in Databricks, with examples that run on Free Edition.",
      "content_text": "A nightly silver job that used to finish in twenty minutes started running past breakfast. Nothing was wrong with the code. It was rebuilding the whole table every night. Here is how to decide between a streaming table and a materialized view in Databricks, with examples that run on Free Edition.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fstreaming-table-vs-materialized-view-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-13T03:54:48.896807+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-13T03:54:48.896807+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Lakeflow",
        "Streaming",
        "Materialized Views",
        "Databricks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/delta-lake-zorder-vs-liquid-clustering",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/delta-lake-zorder-vs-liquid-clustering",
      "title": "Z-ORDER or liquid clustering? How to lay out a Delta table in 2026",
      "summary": "Your dashboard slowed down and the query never changed. Most Databricks performance problems are layout problems. A practical guide to partitioning, Z-ORDER, and liquid clustering in 2026.",
      "content_text": "Your dashboard slowed down and the query never changed. Most Databricks performance problems are layout problems. A practical guide to partitioning, Z-ORDER, and liquid clustering in 2026.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdelta-zorder-vs-liquid-clustering-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-12T03:14:25.595606+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-12T03:14:25.595606+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Delta Lake",
        "Performance",
        "Liquid Clustering",
        "Databricks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/context-engineering-skill-for-data-engineers",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/context-engineering-skill-for-data-engineers",
      "title": "Context engineering is becoming a real job skill for data engineers",
      "summary": "An agent answered a simple question confidently and wrongly. Nobody had decided what it was allowed to know. That decision is now a job, and data engineers are the natural owners of it.",
      "content_text": "An agent answered a simple question confidently and wrongly. Nobody had decided what it was allowed to know. That decision is now a job, and data engineers are the natural owners of it.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fcontext-engineering-skill-for-data-engineers-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-10T12:41:12.784056+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-10T12:41:12.784056+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Context Engineering",
        "AI Agents",
        "Databricks",
        "Governance",
        "context-advantage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/agentic-data-stack-built-for-ai-agents",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/agentic-data-stack-built-for-ai-agents",
      "title": "The data stack is being redesigned for AI agents",
      "summary": "Data platforms assumed a human was always in the loop. Agents break that assumption. Here is what context, tool access, observability, cost, and approval look like now.",
      "content_text": "Data platforms assumed a human was always in the loop. Agents break that assumption. Here is what context, tool access, observability, cost, and approval look like now.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fagentic-data-stack-ai-agents-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-08T15:50:08.104369+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-08T15:52:25.481532+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "AI Agents",
        "Databricks",
        "Governance",
        "Context Engineering"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-lakemeter-cost-estimation",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-lakemeter-cost-estimation",
      "title": "Databricks Lakemeter: putting a number on a pipeline before you build it",
      "summary": "Someone asks what your pipeline will cost. Lakemeter, the open source tool from Databricks Labs, turns that shrug into an estimate you can defend.",
      "content_text": "Someone asks what your pipeline will cost. Lakemeter, the open source tool from Databricks Labs, turns that shrug into an estimate you can defend.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-lakemeter-cost-estimation-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-07T01:39:08.587186+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-07T01:44:36.524235+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Databricks",
        "Cost",
        "Open Source"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-unity-ai-gateway-ga-explained",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-unity-ai-gateway-ga-explained",
      "title": "Unity AI Gateway is GA. Here is what it changes for data engineers.",
      "summary": "Databricks made Unity AI Gateway generally available on August 4, 2026. Here is what it actually does, why cost and control matter more than model choice, and what still belongs to you.",
      "content_text": "Databricks made Unity AI Gateway generally available on August 4, 2026. Here is what it actually does, why cost and control matter more than model choice, and what still belongs to you.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-unity-ai-gateway-ga-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-05T19:48:57.949562+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-05T19:48:57.949562+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Databricks",
        "AI",
        "Governance",
        "Data Engineering"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-variant-data-type-explained",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-variant-data-type-explained",
      "title": "Databricks Variant is now generally available. Here is how to use it.",
      "summary": "Databricks Variant is now generally available. It is a native SQL type for semi-structured data that solves the old tradeoff between flexibility and query performance. Here is what it does, how Variant Shredding works, and how to start using it with real code.",
      "content_text": "Databricks Variant is now generally available. It is a native SQL type for semi-structured data that solves the old tradeoff between flexibility and query performance. Here is what it does, how Variant Shredding works, and how to start using it with real code.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-variant-data-type-explained-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-08-05T03:00:00+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-05T02:59:49.619436+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Databricks",
        "Delta Lake",
        "Data Engineering"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/100000-data-professionals-bricksnotes-milestone",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/100000-data-professionals-bricksnotes-milestone",
      "title": "100,000 data professionals. 25,000 practice exams. Thank you.",
      "summary": "More than 100,000 unique data professionals have visited BricksNotes, and over 25,000 practice exams have been completed across Associate, Professional, and Analyst certifications. What these numbers mean, and where we go next.",
      "content_text": "More than 100,000 unique data professionals have visited BricksNotes, and over 25,000 practice exams have been completed across Associate, Professional, and Analyst certifications. What these numbers mean, and where we go next.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2F100000-data-professionals-milestone-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-31T03:43:02.54836+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-31T03:43:02.54836+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Community",
        "Milestone"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-genie-code-sql-migration-explained",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-genie-code-sql-migration-explained",
      "title": "Genie Code can now convert your legacy SQL. Here is what data engineers should know.",
      "summary": "Databricks announced an agentic code converter in Genie Code that translates proprietary SQL dialects to ANSI SQL. Here is what it does, what it does not do, and why open SQL matters for your career.",
      "content_text": "Databricks announced an agentic code converter in Genie Code that translates proprietary SQL dialects to ANSI SQL. Here is what it does, what it does not do, and why open SQL matters for your career.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-genie-code-sql-migration-explained-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-31T03:26:56.605158+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-31T03:26:56.605158+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "sql-migration",
        "genie-code",
        "ansi-sql",
        "unity-catalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-context-engineer-associate-explained",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-context-engineer-associate-explained",
      "title": "The new Databricks Context Engineer Associate, explained for data engineers",
      "summary": "Databricks has a new certification that is not about models. It is about the information you put around them. Here is what the Context Engineer Associate covers, and why data engineers are closer to it than they think.",
      "content_text": "Databricks has a new certification that is not about models. It is about the information you put around them. Here is what the Context Engineer Associate covers, and why data engineers are closer to it than they think.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-context-engineer-associate-explained-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-30T02:04:01.266957+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-10T12:41:38.959891+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "certification",
        "context-engineering",
        "ai"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-free-edition-playbook-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-free-edition-playbook-2026",
      "title": "The Databricks Free Edition playbook for 2026",
      "summary": "A calm, practical seven-day path for learning Databricks on Free Edition in 2026. What you get, what you do not, and the exact steps to build real skills.",
      "content_text": "A calm, practical seven-day path for learning Databricks on Free Edition in 2026. What you get, what you do not, and the exact steps to build real skills.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-free-edition-playbook-2026-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-28T02:35:10.109319+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-28T02:39:33.428609+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Databricks",
        "Free Edition",
        "Learning"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-previews-late-july-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-previews-late-july-2026",
      "title": "What's quietly shipping in Databricks: late July 2026",
      "summary": "A calm read of the Databricks previews from mid to late July 2026. Genie Agent API, agents that can read files in Unity Catalog Volumes, Lakebridge, pipeline unit tests, and a few smaller wins.",
      "content_text": "A calm read of the Databricks previews from mid to late July 2026. Genie Agent API, agents that can read files in Unity Catalog Volumes, Lakebridge, pipeline unit tests, and a few smaller wins.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdatabricks-previews-late-july-2026-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-27T13:40:34.911666+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-27T13:40:34.911666+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "previews",
        "genie",
        "lakeflow",
        "unity-catalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/ai-data-engineer-roadmap-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/ai-data-engineer-roadmap-2026",
      "title": "How to Become an AI Data Engineer in 2026",
      "summary": "A calm, stage-based roadmap to becoming an AI data engineer in 2026. Databricks foundation, lakehouse pipelines, AI applications, and agent-ready systems.",
      "content_text": "A calm, stage-based roadmap to becoming an AI data engineer in 2026. Databricks foundation, lakehouse pipelines, AI applications, and agent-ready systems.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fai-data-engineer-roadmap-2026-v1.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-26T21:00:00+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-26T20:28:11.741271+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ai-data-engineer",
        "career",
        "roadmap",
        "context-advantage",
        "databricks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/failed-databricks-associate-exam-twice-what-fixed-it",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/failed-databricks-associate-exam-twice-what-fixed-it",
      "title": "I Failed the Databricks Associate Exam Twice. Here's What Fixed It.",
      "summary": "Two failed attempts taught me more than any cheat sheet. Here is the calm, five-part routine and two-week plan that finally worked.",
      "content_text": "Two failed attempts taught me more than any cheat sheet. Here is the calm, five-part routine and two-week plan that finally worked.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Ffailed-associate-hero-v2.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-26T03:26:07.642452+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-26T03:34:24.025978+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "certification",
        "associate-exam",
        "study-guide"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/apache-spark-42-defining-truth-age-of-ai",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/apache-spark-42-defining-truth-age-of-ai",
      "title": "Apache Spark 4.2: Defining truth in the age of AI",
      "summary": "Apache Spark 4.2 shipped in July 2026. Metric Views, mature Spark Connect, vector search in SQL, and Auto CDC change where truth lives, how agents talk to Spark, and how streaming catches up to reality.",
      "content_text": "Apache Spark 4.2 shipped in July 2026. Metric Views, mature Spark Connect, vector search in SQL, and Auto CDC change where truth lives, how agents talk to Spark, and how streaming catches up to reality.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fspark-42-hero-v2.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-25T02:52:39.855235+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-25T03:01:40.761941+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Spark",
        "Databricks",
        "AI"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/design-beautiful-aibi-dashboards",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/design-beautiful-aibi-dashboards",
      "title": "Design Beautiful AI/BI Dashboards People Actually Read",
      "summary": "Themes, layout, and the small design habits that turn a Databricks AI/BI dashboard from noisy to trustworthy.",
      "content_text": "Themes, layout, and the small design habits that turn a Databricks AI/BI dashboard from noisy to trustworthy.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fdesign-beautiful-aibi-dashboards-v2.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-21T02:42:59.692665+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-25T03:01:40.761941+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/agent-bricks-ga-ship-without-regret",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/agent-bricks-ga-ship-without-regret",
      "title": "Agent Bricks is GA. Here's How to Ship an Agent Without Regret.",
      "summary": "Agent Bricks is now generally available. Here is how to take an agent from demo to production without it going off the rails.",
      "content_text": "Agent Bricks is now generally available. Here is how to take an agent from demo to production without it going off the rails.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fv3%2Fagent-bricks-ga-ship-without-regret-v2.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-21T02:39:25.482932+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-25T03:01:40.761941+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/lakebase-ga-do-you-still-need-postgres",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/lakebase-ga-do-you-still-need-postgres",
      "title": "Lakebase is GA. Do You Still Need a Separate Postgres?",
      "summary": "Lakebase is generally available. Do you still need a separate Postgres next to your lakehouse? A calm, honest answer.",
      "content_text": "Lakebase is generally available. Do you still need a separate Postgres next to your lakehouse? A calm, honest answer.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/lakebase-ga-do-you-still-need-postgres.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-19T02:03:59.783725+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-19T02:03:59.783725+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "lakebase",
        "postgres",
        "unity-catalog",
        "architecture",
        "databricks",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/data-foundation-for-ai-agents-databricks",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/data-foundation-for-ai-agents-databricks",
      "title": "Your AI is Ready. Is Your Data Foundation?",
      "summary": "Before you plug an agent into your warehouse, ask four quiet questions about the data underneath it.",
      "content_text": "Before you plug an agent into your warehouse, ask four quiet questions about the data underneath it.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/data-foundation-for-ai-agents-databricks.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-18T04:05:07.087623+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ai-agents",
        "data-quality",
        "unity-catalog",
        "medallion",
        "databricks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/context-control-cost-choice-data-engineer-guide",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/context-control-cost-choice-data-engineer-guide",
      "title": "Context, Control, Cost, Choice: Four Questions Every Data Engineer Should Ask in the Agentic AI Era",
      "summary": "The interesting question is not which model to pick. It is what the model sees, what it is allowed to do, what one answer costs, and how locked in you become.",
      "content_text": "The interesting question is not which model to pick. It is what the model sees, what it is allowed to do, what one answer costs, and how locked in you become.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/context-control-cost-choice-data-engineer-guide.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-17T03:25:14.13255+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-10T12:41:38.959891+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "context-advantage",
        "ai-agents",
        "career",
        "databricks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/genie-one-mobile-what-it-means",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/genie-one-mobile-what-it-means",
      "title": "Genie One goes mobile: what it means for data teams",
      "summary": "Genie One is now a mobile app. A quiet shift in how business users meet their data, and a bigger one than it looks.",
      "content_text": "Genie One is now a mobile app. A quiet shift in how business users meet their data, and a bigger one than it looks.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/genie-one-mobile-what-it-means.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-16T15:05:29.445508+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "genie",
        "mobile",
        "ai",
        "unity-catalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-analyst-associate-practice-exam-live",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-analyst-associate-practice-exam-live",
      "title": "The Data Analyst Associate practice exam is here",
      "summary": "A free, full-length practice exam for the Databricks Data Analyst Associate certification is now live. Try it, miss it, review it, and try again.",
      "content_text": "A free, full-length practice exam for the Databricks Data Analyst Associate certification is now live. Try it, miss it, review it, and try again.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-data-analyst-associate-practice-exam-live.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-14T19:35:35.284518+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "certification",
        "data-analyst-associate",
        "free-edition"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/what-data-engineers-really-do",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/what-data-engineers-really-do",
      "title": "What Data Engineers Really Do: Moving Data Safely From Source to Value",
      "summary": "Data engineers help data move safely from where it is created to where it becomes useful. A calm, beginner-friendly guide to the real job.",
      "content_text": "Data engineers help data move safely from where it is created to where it becomes useful. A calm, beginner-friendly guide to the real job.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/what-data-engineers-really-do.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-12T04:33:18.190328+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "data-engineering",
        "data-pipelines",
        "beginners",
        "databricks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/free-edition-refresh-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/free-edition-refresh-2026",
      "title": "We refreshed the book for the latest Databricks Free Edition",
      "summary": "We reviewed every chapter for accuracy, tidied the writing, and updated the steps for how Databricks Free Edition works today, including serverless compute and the newer chapters on pipelines, Apps, and Genie.",
      "content_text": "We reviewed every chapter for accuracy, tidied the writing, and updated the steps for how Databricks Free Edition works today, including serverless compute and the newer chapters on pipelines, Apps, and Genie.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/free-edition-refresh-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-10T03:13:04.132649+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "free-edition",
        "update",
        "data-engineering"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/innovation-data-ai-people-together",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/innovation-data-ai-people-together",
      "title": "Innovation happens when data, AI, and people come together",
      "summary": "A retail forecast that failed, a hospital model, a fraud check, and a logistics team. Real stories about why innovation lives where data, AI, and people meet.",
      "content_text": "A retail forecast that failed, a hospital model, a fraud check, and a logistics team. Real stories about why innovation lives where data, AI, and people meet.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/innovation-data-ai-people-together.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-05T23:37:13.820076+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "data-and-ai",
        "innovation",
        "data-engineering"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-builders-advantage-data-ai",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-builders-advantage-data-ai",
      "title": "The builders advantage: why Databricks thinks the way it does",
      "summary": "The people who lead Databricks are the same people who built the underlying technology. Here is why that matters, and why data and AI is a direction, not a trend.",
      "content_text": "The people who lead Databricks are the same people who built the underlying technology. Here is why that matters, and why data and AI is a direction, not a trend.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-builders-advantage-data-ai.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-02T12:55:18.433843+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
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          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "data-and-ai",
        "leadership"
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    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-engineer-associate-sample-questions",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-engineer-associate-sample-questions",
      "title": "Databricks Data Engineer Associate sample questions, explained",
      "summary": "A set of Databricks Data Engineer Associate sample questions with clear explanations, so you learn how to reason, not just memorize answers.",
      "content_text": "A set of Databricks Data Engineer Associate sample questions with clear explanations, so you learn how to reason, not just memorize answers.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-data-engineer-associate-sample-questions.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-01T03:43:59.836029+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "certification",
        "data-engineer-associate",
        "sample-questions"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-engineer-associate-exam-study-plan",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-engineer-associate-exam-study-plan",
      "title": "A calm study plan for the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam",
      "summary": "A simple, week-by-week study plan for the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam, built on practice instead of memorization.",
      "content_text": "A simple, week-by-week study plan for the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam, built on practice instead of memorization.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-data-engineer-associate-exam-study-plan.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-01T03:43:59.836029+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "certification",
        "data-engineer-associate",
        "study-plan"
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    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-engineer-associate-common-mistakes",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-data-engineer-associate-common-mistakes",
      "title": "Common mistakes to avoid on the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam",
      "summary": "The most common mistakes people make on the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam, and simple habits that prevent them.",
      "content_text": "The most common mistakes people make on the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam, and simple habits that prevent them.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-data-engineer-associate-common-mistakes.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-07-01T03:43:59.836029+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T04:58:52.167045+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "certification",
        "data-engineer-associate",
        "exam-tips"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-customerlake-agentic-cdp-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-customerlake-agentic-cdp-2026",
      "title": "CustomerLake: the CDP moves into the lakehouse",
      "summary": "Databricks introduced CustomerLake, an agentic CDP built into the lakehouse. Here is what it changes, in plain language, for the people who build data systems.",
      "content_text": "Databricks introduced CustomerLake, an agentic CDP built into the lakehouse. Here is what it changes, in plain language, for the people who build data systems.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-customerlake-agentic-cdp-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-27T16:20:50.264268+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/bricksnotes-story-helping-data-professionals-worldwide",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/bricksnotes-story-helping-data-professionals-worldwide",
      "title": "Building Quietly, Helping Globally: The BricksNotes Story",
      "summary": "Why BricksNotes exists, what we have built so far, and a genuine thank you to the learners who make this work worth doing.",
      "content_text": "Why BricksNotes exists, what we have built so far, and a genuine thank you to the learners who make this work worth doing.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/bricksnotes-story-helping-data-professionals-worldwide.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-25T18:30:24.674486+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "BricksNotes",
        "Data Engineering",
        "Community"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/reyden-explained-clearly-lakehouse-rt-engine",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/reyden-explained-clearly-lakehouse-rt-engine",
      "title": "Reyden explained clearly: the engine behind Lakehouse//RT",
      "summary": "A lot of people saw the word Reyden in the recent Databricks announcements and asked the same thing: what exactly is Reyden? Here is a calm explanation of the engine, the warehouse it powers, and why this matters for data engineers.",
      "content_text": "A lot of people saw the word Reyden in the recent Databricks announcements and asked the same thing: what exactly is Reyden? Here is a calm explanation of the engine, the warehouse it powers, and why this matters for data engineers.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/reyden-explained-clearly-lakehouse-rt-engine.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-24T13:53:33.823461+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "lakehouse-rt",
        "reyden",
        "real-time analytics",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/five-fiefdoms-of-the-data-realm",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/five-fiefdoms-of-the-data-realm",
      "title": "The five fiefdoms of the data realm and why their borders are fading",
      "summary": "OLTP, data engineering, data science, the data warehouse, and real-time analytics each grew up as its own kingdom. Here is a calm map of the five fiefdoms, why their borders existed, and what changes for you when they begin to merge.",
      "content_text": "OLTP, data engineering, data science, the data warehouse, and real-time analytics each grew up as its own kingdom. Here is a calm map of the five fiefdoms, why their borders existed, and what changes for you when they begin to merge.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/five-fiefdoms-of-the-data-realm.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-23T02:30:14.098564+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "data platform",
        "lakehouse",
        "data engineering",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/mukesh-ambani-reliance-databricks-ai-for-everyone-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/mukesh-ambani-reliance-databricks-ai-for-everyone-2026",
      "title": "AI everywhere for everyone: what Reliance and Databricks just told data engineers",
      "summary": "At the Databricks Data and AI Summit 2026, Mukesh Ambani called the Reliance-Databricks work one of the world's largest data and AI transformations. Behind the vision sits a quiet lesson every data engineer should hear.",
      "content_text": "At the Databricks Data and AI Summit 2026, Mukesh Ambani called the Reliance-Databricks work one of the world's largest data and AI transformations. Behind the vision sits a quiet lesson every data engineer should hear.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/mukesh-ambani-reliance-databricks-ai-for-everyone-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-21T15:42:29.661514+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "reliance",
        "ai",
        "data engineering",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-ltap-one-copy-of-data-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-ltap-one-copy-of-data-2026",
      "title": "One Copy of Data: What LTAP Quietly Changes for Every Data Engineer",
      "summary": "For forty years every data stack split operations from analytics. LTAP and Lakebase quietly end that divide, and it reshapes what data engineers do next.",
      "content_text": "For forty years every data stack split operations from analytics. LTAP and Lakebase quietly end that divide, and it reshapes what data engineers do next.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-ltap-one-copy-of-data-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-18T06:16:13.249169+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "lakebase",
        "ltap",
        "ai agents",
        "lakehouse",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-summit-2026-keynote-recap",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-summit-2026-keynote-recap",
      "title": "What Databricks Summit 2026 told us about the next ten years",
      "summary": "A calm recap of the Databricks Data and AI Summit keynote: why the real story was context, not models, and what the new agents mean for data engineers.",
      "content_text": "A calm recap of the Databricks Data and AI Summit keynote: why the real story was context, not models, and what the new agents mean for data engineers.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-summit-2026-keynote-recap.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-17T02:58:26.182915+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "summit 2026",
        "ai agents",
        "lakehouse",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-lakebase-postgres-lakehouse-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-lakebase-postgres-lakehouse-2026",
      "title": "Lakebase looks like a platform bet, not a side feature",
      "summary": "Databricks took Lakebase to GA, a managed Postgres for real-time apps with branching, autoscaling, and Unity Catalog. A calm look at why it matters for data.",
      "content_text": "Databricks took Lakebase to GA, a managed Postgres for real-time apps with branching, autoscaling, and Unity Catalog. A calm look at why it matters for data.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured%2Fdatabricks-lakebase-postgres-lakehouse-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-16T13:36:20.76747+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-06-24T18:21:23.708755+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "lakebase",
        "postgres",
        "lakehouse",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/the-ai-flywheel-compute-data-loop-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/the-ai-flywheel-compute-data-loop-2026",
      "title": "The flywheel nobody can stop: why more compute and more data keep making AI better",
      "summary": "More compute and data make AI better, better AI brings more usage, more usage makes more data. A calm look at the loop driving AI, and where data engineers fit.",
      "content_text": "More compute and data make AI better, better AI brings more usage, more usage makes more data. A calm look at the loop driving AI, and where data engineers fit.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/the-ai-flywheel-compute-data-loop-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-15T13:05:18.594153+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "data engineering",
        "compute",
        "vision",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-omnigent-meta-harness-agents-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-omnigent-meta-harness-agents-2026",
      "title": "Omnigent feels interesting because it is not trying to be just another agent",
      "summary": "Databricks Omnigent is a new open source meta-harness for AI agents. A calm look at why coordinating many agents, not building one more, is the real problem.",
      "content_text": "Databricks Omnigent is a new open source meta-harness for AI agents. A calm look at why coordinating many agents, not building one more, is the real problem.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-omnigent-meta-harness-agents-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-14T16:11:09.330477+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Team BricksNotes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "omnigent",
        "ai agents",
        "open source",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-opensharing-delta-sharing-evolution-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-opensharing-delta-sharing-evolution-2026",
      "title": "OpenSharing: Databricks Turns Delta Sharing Into an Open Standard for Data and AI",
      "summary": "Databricks open-sourced OpenSharing, the evolution of Delta Sharing. Here is what zero-copy data and AI sharing means for data engineers and enterprises.",
      "content_text": "Databricks open-sourced OpenSharing, the evolution of Delta Sharing. Here is what zero-copy data and AI sharing means for data engineers and enterprises.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-opensharing-delta-sharing-evolution-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-11T02:06:33.544009+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BricksNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "opensharing",
        "delta sharing",
        "open standard",
        "ai",
        "2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-genie-pay-as-you-go-pricing-budgets-2026",
      "url": "https://bricksnotes.com/blog/databricks-genie-pay-as-you-go-pricing-budgets-2026",
      "title": "Genie Goes Pay-As-You-Go: What the New Pricing and Budgets Mean for Data Engineers",
      "summary": "On July 6, 2026, Databricks Genie moves to pay-as-you-go pricing. Here is a calm look at the DBU costs, the compute underneath, and why usage budgets matter.",
      "content_text": "On July 6, 2026, Databricks Genie moves to pay-as-you-go pricing. Here is a calm look at the DBU costs, the compute underneath, and why usage budgets matter.",
      "image": "https://gpiwbukbsgnkfmexpcmx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-images/featured/v3/databricks-genie-pay-as-you-go-pricing-budgets-2026.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-06-10T03:03:14.272003+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2026-07-18T05:17:59.704642+00:00",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "BrickNotes Editorial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "databricks",
        "genie",
        "pricing",
        "cost",
        "budgets",
        "2026"
      ]
    }
  ]
}