What do data engineers actually hate the most about working with Databricks on a day to day basis?
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What do data engineers actually hate the most about working with Databricks on a day to day basis?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Databricks day-to-day pain points data engineers complaints Unity Catalog jobs clusters performance costs debugging Reddit Google ↗
site:reddit.com/r/dataengineering Databricks frustrations pain points costs jobs clusters Google ↗
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Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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Databricks day-to-day pain points data engineers complaints Unity Catalog jobs clusters performance costs debugging Reddit OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
site:reddit.com/r/dataengineering Databricks frustrations pain points costs jobs clusters OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |