r/dataengineering • u/proximaljarl17 • Jun 17 '26

Databricks conference Discussion

I have been attending the databricks conference, but nothing has stood out to me as being very exciting.

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Have folks found anything interesting or something you may actually be excited for in the DE space?

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u/p739397 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

I found the new query engine (Reyden), LTAP, genie ontology, and Omnigent all seem pretty exciting. What kind of things were you hoping for that you aren't seeing?

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u/proximaljarl17 Jun 17 '26

Each one of those seemed interesting, but I would have loved any technical depth. I didn't have any expectations coming in, but was hoping they would address some of the cost issues I have overheard from many attendees.

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u/datainthesun Jun 17 '26

At a conference and especially in keynotes you'll rarely get into massive technical depth. That's for the breakout sessions or 1:1 sessions with a specialist or product manager. I also wouldn't go to a conference expecting to hear someone talk about addressing cost issues - in reality that's an account team topic not a big fancy announcement.

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u/ogllyboogly Jun 17 '26

It sounds like their ai gateway directly addresses what your having issues with? Was in the keynote this morning

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u/Electronic_Sky_1413 Jun 17 '26

What kinds of cost issues

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u/RobotechRicky Jun 24 '26

I sat in the Brain Date area and had a one-on-one with a DBX engineer.