Simon Whiteley

More shots fired in the storage wars! I got the chance to sit down with Denny & Brito, talking all things Managed Iceberg in Unity Catalog. Iceberg tables! Managed directly inside Databricks! You heard me!
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You have data. Company B has data. Combined you could do amazing things, but you can't share your sensitive data... so what can you do?

Databricks Clean Rooms does exactly this, giving you a collaborative space with full data protections - check it out!

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I can shout about getting rid of SCIM, shine a bright light on the beauty of MLFlow Tracing for Agent Frameworks, I can sing about a whole host of changes... but you're right. Export to Excel is the biggest news in #Databricks for Feb! Check it out!
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Final part of our #Databricks AI/BI Genie miniseries is now up - looking through the best practices guide and talking about how, shock horror, user engagement & fast iterations are the key to success!

Check it out: youtu.be/TeYU4UqTdcs

Crikey, pretty crazy month over at Databricks - whole bunch of new stuff coming out. SQLPipeline Syntax, CleanRooms are GA, DLT now actually works properly, madness! Check it youtu.be/BKDhVArMRHM

Everyone back from the break refreshed and ready for action? How about a little existential crisis to kick off the year - lets dive in to just how much of Data Engineering can be automated with even a basic bit of AI, that should be fun right?
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YES @SQLBits , I'm well aware I've left it to the very last minute, thankyou😅

Kicking 2025 off with a ton of YouTube plans - first things first, lets get December's #Databricks news tied off - check it out!
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Databricks NEWS - Recapping October & November Platform events for your viewing/listening pleasure! Check it out: youtu.be/_KyRV8_8VLM

Recovering from the #MicrosoftIgnite Copilot drinking game? Forgotten what was actually announced? Don't worry, I've run through a recap of the Book of News, just for you 😍

Spoilers: The Copilot mention count is HIGH

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So I've been utterly rubbish with social media & content creation recently - but let's see if we can change things up a bit.

New vid - building simple user interfaces uses #Databricks Apps, go check it out!

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New Videoooooo. I ran through the #Databricks updates for Aug/Sep 2024. There are a whole bunch of updates, especially a load for AI assistant updates, new foundation models and lots more! Check it out!
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What did I do this morning? I did sound & lighting checks for doing a conference talk as a Muppet. Yep, that's my life now 😅

It's finally here. The ability to slap a JSON array into a #Databricks Workflow and run things in parallel! But just how good is it? How well does it work? Well today I'm having a tinker!

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I thought June would be quiet after DAIS, turns out @Databricks were VERY busy through June & July! Didn't have time to keep up? Check out my updates recap instead!
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Kicking off in 90mins! If you're around London and fancy a chin wag around the HUGE PILE of Data + AI Summit announcements last month, stop in and say Hello!

Everyone having a lovely day? Ready to feel uncomfortable with a whole new Hype term entering the industry? Well it's time for GenerativeBI, and you need to be ready for it. What is it? Well lets have a look at #Databricks AI/BI...
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"We need silly prizes along with the good prizes for our awards...
Fish Flops, check.
Velcro underpants throw & catch game, check.
Double-sided Simon & Terry cushion... What"

Miss the insanity that was last week's @Data_AI_Summit keynote announcements? Didn't see @matei_zaharia hitting the "open source" button on UnityCat? Not heard of LakeFlow? Your AI isn't Compound yet? Well you better watch my DAIS2024 Keynote recap then!

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So obviously we saw a TON of cool things in the world of AI, Lakehouse and more, but then also... Had a ride in a Waymo! So cool...