A Practical Guide to Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)

Every business has important information trapped in documents. It may arrive as an email attachment, invoice, claim form, contract, application, or scanned report. In many organizations, an employee still opens each item, finds the needed details, and types them into another system. Intelligent document processing, or IDP, is designed for that variability.
Designing Scalable Intelligent Document Processing Platforms – WI Databricks User Group

Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 Recap – WI Databricks User Group

Auto Loader vs COPY INTO in Databricks: A Decision Guide for Data Engineers

In modern lakehouse pipelines, one of the first ingestion decisions data engineers face is whether to use Auto Loader or COPY INTO. Both can load files incrementally into Delta tables, but they solve very different operational problems. Choosing the wrong one can impact scalability, cost, reliability, and maintenance overhead.
A Field Study: Databricks Genie vs Microsoft Fabric

Recently I have been leading an assessment for a global industrial manufacturer comparing Databricks Genie against an already mature Microsoft Power BI/Fabric environment. Genie feels like an up-and-coming platform gaining significant momentum alongside more established incumbents.
Lakehouse Accelerator – Wisconsin Databricks User Group

Data Engineering Panel – Wisconsin Databricks User Group
Advantages of N-Tier Architecture

Implementing a new software solution can be difficult to plan out and coordinate among your team. N‑Tier architecture (also called multi‑tier architecture) is a design approach that separates an application into distinct layers (“tiers”), where each tier has a clear responsibility and communicates with other tiers through well-defined interfaces.
Building a Scalable Geospatial Heatmap App on Databricks

A client came to us with thousands of services spread across every ZIP code in the United States. They wanted to see what areas had plenty of coverage and what areas were underserved. Static tables and dashboards weren’t good enough. They wanted something fast, interactive, and geographic that would allow them to explore where their […]