# Databricks blog watch

Platform and governance posts from the [Databricks blog](https://www.databricks.com/blog).
The newest entries appear first.

## Added 2026-08-08

- **[Ingest semi-structured data faster and more efficiently with Variant - Now Generally Available](https://www.databricks.com/blog/ingest-semi-structured-data-faster-and-more-efficiently-variant-now-generally-available)** — Aug 03, 2026
  For years, ingesting semi-structured data like JSON, XML, or CSV meant a difficult...

## Added 2026-08-08

- **[Simplify AI agent orchestration with Lakebase Postgres](https://www.databricks.com/blog/simplify-ai-agent-orchestration-lakebase-postgres)** — Jul 22, 2026
- **[Why R&D Data Belongs in the Lakehouse - and Why Agents Need It There](https://www.databricks.com/blog/why-rd-data-belongs-lakehouse-and-why-agents-need-it-there)** — Jul 21, 2026
- **[Navigating a Synapse Migration to Databricks](https://www.databricks.com/blog/navigating-synapse-migration-databricks)** — Jul 08, 2026
- **[From monolith to Lakebase to LTAP: rethinking the database from storage up](https://www.databricks.com/blog/lakebase-ltap-rethinking-database-storage)** — Jun 30, 2026
- **[A Decision Framework for ETL Migration to Databricks](https://www.databricks.com/blog/decision-framework-etl-migration-databricks)** — Jun 26, 2026
- **[From test bench to lakehouse: how AVL modernizes measurement data analytics with Impulse](https://www.databricks.com/blog/test-bench-lakehouse-how-avl-modernizes-measurement-data-analytics-impulse)** — Jun 25, 2026
- **[Ingesting the Milky Way: Petabyte-Scale with Zerobus Ingest](https://www.databricks.com/blog/ingesting-milky-way-petabyte-scale-zerobus-ingest)** — Jun 11, 2026
- **[How the lakebase architecture stays resilient to cloud failures](https://www.databricks.com/blog/how-lakebase-architecture-stays-resilient-cloud-failures)** — May 27, 2026
- **[Observability for any agent, anywhere: Production-ready tracing with OpenTelemetry & Unity Catalog on Databricks](https://www.databricks.com/blog/observability-any-agent-anywhere-production-ready-tracing-opentelemetry-unity-catalog)** — May 22, 2026
- **[How to Build Real-Time Fraud Detection using Spark Real-Time Mode and Lakebase](https://www.databricks.com/blog/how-build-real-time-fraud-detection-using-spark-real-time-mode-and-lakebase)** — May 19, 2026
- **[How lakebase architecture delivers 5x faster Postgres writes](https://www.databricks.com/blog/how-lakebase-architecture-delivers-5x-faster-postgres-writes)** — May 07, 2026
- **[Building with Databricks Document Intelligence and Lakeflow](https://www.databricks.com/blog/building-databricks-document-intelligence-and-lakeflow)** — Apr 16, 2026
- **[The next era of the open lakehouse: Apache Iceberg™ v3 in Public Preview on Databricks](https://www.databricks.com/blog/next-era-open-lakehouse-apache-icebergtm-v3-public-preview-databricks)** — Apr 09, 2026
- **[Announcing General Availability of Real-Time Mode for Apache Spark Structured Streaming on Databricks](https://www.databricks.com/blog/announcing-general-availability-real-time-mode-apache-spark-structured-streaming-databricks)** — Mar 19, 2026
- **[Building a near real-time application with Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase](https://www.databricks.com/blog/building-near-real-time-application-zerobus-ingest-and-lakebase)** — Mar 06, 2026
- **[Announcing General Availability of Zerobus Ingest](https://www.databricks.com/blog/announcing-general-availability-zerobus-ingest-part-lakeflow-connect)** — Feb 23, 2026
- **[Introducing Python User-Defined Table Functions (UDTFs) in Unity Catalog](https://www.databricks.com/blog/introducing-python-user-defined-table-functions-udtfs-unity-catalog)** — Nov 17, 2025
- **[Announcing the Public Preview of Zerobus Ingest](https://www.databricks.com/blog/announcing-public-preview-zerobus-ingest)** — Oct 30, 2025

## Added 2026-08-14

- **[Databricks Network Configuration delivery to Tens of Millions of Serverless VMs](https://www.databricks.com/blog/databricks-network-configuration-delivery-tens-millions-serverless-vms)** — Aug 12, 2026
  SummaryDatabricks' serverless platform launches tens of millions of VMs daily, and...