My Writing

Thoughts on data engineering, platform architecture, Databricks, and building reliable data systems at scale.

The Dependency Tax You Can't Architect Away

Why seniority doesn't eliminate upstream friction-and how to operate when the contract doesn't exist.

Posted on July 12, 2026

TIL: How Snowflake, DBT, and Databricks Foreign Catalogs Work Together

Learn how DBT transforms data in Snowflake, which is then exposed as a foreign catalog in Databricks for seamless cross-platform querying.

Posted on July 05, 2026

Why I Stopped Writing Perfect Code and Started Writing Reliable Pipelines

How chasing perfection nearly broke a production pipeline, and what I learned about shipping data systems that actually work.

Posted on June 26, 2026

Building High-Performing Data Engineering Teams

Lessons from leading data engineering teams across Databricks, Azure, and AWS environments.

Posted on June 20, 2026

Technical Strategy for Data Platform Scaling

How to approach architectural decisions when building enterprise-grade data platforms.

Posted on June 15, 2026

Developer Experience in Data Platforms

Why developer experience matters for data engineering teams and how to improve it.

Posted on June 10, 2026
Amit Channagiri

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