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I just ran DELETE on 5 years of my life. Here’s why. Every now and then, I post about failures and lows in my career. Just to remind people that the neighbor’s grass is not always greener. We’re all in this for growth. I have a constant reminder that some of the “superheroes” we see…
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Friday book recommendation alert! One of the BEST inspirational fictions I’ve read in years. And, yes, a novel this time, because the mind also needs to go places work never sends it. Life does too. I was in Vegas this week for our Databricks Leadership Kickoff. Big vision. Sharp people. The kind of room that…
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In talking to my Glean agent last, I realized I’ve run 50+ interviews for Solutions Architect (SA) and SA Manager in the last three months. Reflecting on the candidates who were hired and those who came close, I wanted to share a few best practices. It really comes down to soft skills and strong fundamentals.…
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Back to work to officially start the year with a deep sense of gratitude. Grateful for the lessons and achievements of last year. Energized by what’s ahead. My promise for this year is simple. No resolutions. Just showing up every day. Enjoying the moment. Growing mind, body, and spirit. No comparisons. Like a black belt,…
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What if I told you the most powerful leadership and resiliency lessons I’ve ever learned didn’t come from Harvard or Silicon Valley but from being choked on a mat in silence? … Technique over brute force. Leverage over aggression. Strategy over emotion… If you’ve spoken to me for more than five minutes, you probably know…
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As I was helping one of my customers implement structured CI/CD and MLOps processes on Databricks, I decided to compile a practical checklist to guide others on similar journeys. While this topic could easily span books and multi-day workshops, my goal here is to keep it simple and actionable. This checklist outlines best practices across…
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As .NET powers five million developers worldwide, this post shows how this amazing developer ecosystem can leverage the leading Data & AI platform to build data-driven applications. In this previous post, we explored how to integrate enterprise apps with Databricks using REST APIs and OAuth from Python and Power Apps perspectives. Now, we’re turning the…
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In a previous post, we explored options for accessing data in Databricks from external apps and systems. In this post, we’ll dive into another integration method: using Databricks SQL REST APIs with Databricks OAuth for authorization. We’ll demonstrate how to connect to Databricks with single sign-on (SSO) in both Power Apps and a custom Python…
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This post delivers a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) app using Gradio, MLflow Tracing, and Databricks Mosaic AI to build a quick chat interface for testing and rapid customer feedback, with support for streaming and citations from a vector database. It extends the app built on the Databricks Demo “Build High-Quality RAG Apps with Mosaic AI…
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Building Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions presents incredible profitability opportunities, as the world’s largest enterprises thrive on SaaS businesses. Commercial marketplaces like Salesforce AppExchange and Microsoft Commercial Marketplace have created entire ecosystems, allowing SaaS developers to monetize their ideas while extending the capabilities of these big tech solutions. Meanwhile, small businesses, such as coffee shops and martial…
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