Databricks
Databricks is Genie One turned the trace data into a ranked list of what to fix, and a coding agent helped close the loop in an hour.. It is ranked #26 on the Dev Radar, in Databases, first seen 20 days ago and shared in 20 posts (108.3k views).
What Databricks says about itself
Build and operate production-ready data and AI applications
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What people said about Databricks on X
Really cool example of using tracing data to get insights into AI workloads with Unity AI Gateway. We think this will be a new form of operational data analysis that all companies do, a lot like finance and security.
— @matei_zaharia, 15 days ago · 89 likes · see the post
We found and eliminated an estimated $1.2M a year in wasted AI spend and lost productivity in one hour. Here's how 👇 Using Unity Gateway tracing and Genie One, we identified seven small MCP-server bugs that were quietly driving: • ~$499K/year in wasted tokens • ~12,000 engineering hours/year in agent wait time •…
— @databricks, 16 days ago · 83 likes · see the post
You can now run, debug, and scale Databricks workloads without leaving your local IDE or CLI. Connect VS Code, Cursor, or your terminal directly to Serverless, AI Runtime, and dedicated clusters to work with Python and SQL on Databricks compute. You can also browse Unity Catalog, keep files and dependencies in sync…
— @databricks, 11 days ago · 97 likes · see the post
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Databricks in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #26 of 1225
- Shared in 20 posts by 4 accounts: @matei_zaharia, @databricks, @shensi, @jreuben1
- 108.3k views on those posts
- First seen 20 days ago, last shared 9 h ago
- Pricing seen by Jev: free
- Market: Databases
FAQ
What is Databricks?
Genie One turned the trace data into a ranked list of what to fix, and a coding agent helped close the loop in an hour. It was first shared on X 20 days ago and is ranked #26 on the Dev Radar.
Is Databricks free?
Yes, it is free to use.
Who shared Databricks?
4 accounts on X, including @matei_zaharia, @databricks, @shensi, in 20 posts totalling 108.3k views.
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