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Notes on data platforms, governance and the rules they answer to. Written for banks and enterprises in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, with sources and dates.
Databricks migration accelerators: what the free tools cover, and what still needs people
The free Databricks migration tools mapped to five phases, from Lakebridge to UCX: what each covers, its support status, and what it leaves to people.
Common Unity Catalog migration mistakes, and how to avoid them
Most Unity Catalog migration problems appear during and after the move, not before it. Six mistakes, why each happens, and how to avoid it, with a checklist.
Estimating a data warehouse migration: four cost phases and the complexity of each object
How to estimate the effort of moving a bank's data warehouse to Databricks, phase by phase and object by object, with a reserve for code no converter handles.
Genie for business users: asking questions of data without losing access control
Genie answers plain-language questions with SQL that runs under the asker's own Unity Catalog permissions. How that works in a bank, and the limits to plan for.
Allocating Databricks cost by department and project: a tagging standard from day one
A Databricks bill is one total. How to tag, enforce tags and report so you know what each department and project is spending.
Lakeflow pipelines with data quality controls: block, quarantine and prove
Bad data is usually found once it reaches a report. How to use expectations, quarantine tables and the event log to stop it early and keep evidence.
Putting an AI agent into production: four things to have before launch day
An agent that works in a demo is not ready for production. Four things to have in place before launch, and how to build them on Databricks.
Moving a data warehouse to Databricks: what a one-week migration scan decides
The cost of leaving Oracle or SQL Server sits in code and dependencies, not table counts. What a migration scan measures, and why it allows a fixed price.
Vietnam's personal data law: five things a data platform must be able to do
Law 91/2025 and Decree 356/2025 put obligations on the data platform itself. Five capabilities to have in place, with the article behind each.
Databricks pricing in Singapore vs US East: how much more, and why
Databricks serverless pricing in Singapore runs 11–26% above US East, while classic DBU rates match. What it means for a cost estimate made from Vietnam.
Databricks SQL warehouse cost: three settings that decide the bill
Databricks SQL warehouse cost depends on size, auto-stop and serverless versus classic more than on query tuning. How each works, and how to set it on evidence.
Databricks platform cost: the four cost lines, and who you pay for each
What a Databricks platform costs, as four lines paid to four parties: partner, Databricks, cloud and your own team. How each is billed and where budgets slip.
Moving from Hive metastore to Unity Catalog: what to prepare first
Most Unity Catalog migrations are decided before the first table moves. What to settle first, and which migration method fits which kind of table.
What Decision 33/2026 means for banks
Vietnam's high-risk AI list has two entries for banking, and both apply only when no human approves. That changes what banks must do before September 2027.
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