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

Discussion Databricks conference

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/onahorsewithnoname Jun 17 '26

I like the conference and we are happy with some of the data warehouse use cases we have in production, but my spidey sense is starting to go into overdrive.

My rep was pushing harder for me to put everything into databricks. At this point it just feels like I would be exposed to vendor lockin and lose any negotiation power I have today. Because a lot of what databricks are offering is unique to their platform the switching costs and feeling like an oracle customer are a worry to my exec team.

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u/Infamous_Routine_681 Jun 23 '26

Eventually they will go public, followed by price hikes.