Seriously? Databricks is Throwing Good Money After Bad.

Oh joy. More integration bullshit. Apparently, Databricks – those guys who think Spark is still cool (it’s not) – are shoveling $100 million at OpenAI to stick their models into the Databricks platform. Because *that’s* what everyone needs: more ways to access LLMs they can already get elsewhere. They call it a “strategic partnership” and expect this will magically make enterprises flock to them. Right. Like throwing money at a problem solves anything.

The whole point is to make things easier for the suits, so they don’t have to actually *understand* how any of this data crap works. They want “AI assistants” and “code generation” without lifting a finger. It’s all about lowering the barrier to entry for people who shouldn’t be near a database in the first place.

They’re also trying to position themselves as some kind of “open” alternative, which is laughable. Open my ass. They’ll lock you into their ecosystem tighter than ever while pretending to give you choices. Expect vendor lock-in and overpriced services. It’s the same song and dance, different players.

And let’s not forget the “Lakehouse AI” branding. Seriously? Marketing is just making up words now. They are hoping this will distract from the fact that they are late to the party and desperately trying to catch up.

Honestly, I give it six months before someone figures out how to bypass all this proprietary crap anyway.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of wasted money, I once had a sysadmin try to “optimize” our network by installing a $5,000 router. It promptly crashed the entire system and took three days to fix. He claimed it was “future-proofing.” Future-proofed us right into a disaster, that’s what. This Databricks thing feels exactly like that – shiny new toy, guaranteed headache.

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