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Prophecy for Databricks
6
min read

Airflow and Databricks: Shorten the Learning Curve with Prophecy

Maximize productivity without the complexity.
Pooja Singhal
July 24, 2024
July 15, 2025
July 24, 2024
July 15, 2025
July 24, 2024
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
6
min read

Databricks Data + AI Summit 2024: AI Shapes a Copilot Future

Databricks held their annual Data+AI Summit in San Francisco last week at Moscone Center.
Raveena Kapatkar
June 20, 2024
July 15, 2025
June 20, 2024
July 15, 2025
June 20, 2024
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
3
min read

AI, Copilot and Authors at Databricks Data and AI Summit 2024

Prophecy’s booth will be hopping with book signings, Copilots, and the latest on data and AI
Matt Turner
May 30, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 30, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 30, 2024
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
4
min read

The Case for Data Transformation Copilots

How copilots will change data transformation, and in the process evolve beyond conversational interfaces
Raj Bains and Maciej Szpakowski
May 30, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 30, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 30, 2024
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
5
min read

AI, the Texas Rangers, and Aetion at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2024

Prophecy brings championship winning data, critical healthcare data, and AI for data transformation to DAIS 2024
Matt Turner
May 16, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 16, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 16, 2024
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
3
min read

Data engineers and business data users: end the back-and-forth

We’ve written before about the challenge of having too few data engineers. There is another problem. 
Mitesh Shah
May 7, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 7, 2024
July 15, 2025
May 7, 2024
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
5
min read

Announcing Prophecy University

Inaugural course addresses the growing data engineering skills gap through agile, self-paced training
Mei Long
April 1, 2024
July 15, 2025
April 1, 2024
July 15, 2025
April 1, 2024
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
4
min read

Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2024 - that’s a wrap!

Johnson & Johnson takes center stage with Prophecy
Ashleigh Blalock
March 20, 2024
July 15, 2025
March 20, 2024
July 15, 2025
March 20, 2024
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
5
min read

Too much data work. Too few data engineers. How to make it scale.

Struggling with data transformation? Hiring more data engineers is not the answer. Learn how low-code data transformation unlocks the full potential of your users and your data.
Mitesh Shah
March 7, 2024
July 15, 2025
March 7, 2024
July 15, 2025
March 7, 2024
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
5
min read

Johnson & Johnson Takes Center Stage with Prophecy at Gartner Data & Analytics 2024

Join us in Orlando to witness the future of data transformation
Mitesh Shah
February 13, 2024
August 4, 2025
February 13, 2024
August 4, 2025
February 13, 2024
August 4, 2025
Events + Announcements
3
min read

Webinar spotlight – The future of data transformation

Join our webinar and see why self-service is the future of data transformation, through unified visual & code technology
Mitesh Shah
January 16, 2024
July 15, 2025
January 16, 2024
July 15, 2025
January 16, 2024
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
3
min read

Modern Data’s Stuck

George K. Mathew
October 13, 2023
July 15, 2025
October 13, 2023
July 15, 2025
October 13, 2023
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
3
min read

Prophecy at Databricks Data+AI World Tour: Empowering Data Democratization #DAIWT

Join us in this exciting journey and discover how Prophecy's self-service solutions are revolutionizing the data landscape.
Emily Lewis
October 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
October 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
October 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
Events + Announcements
5
min read

Announcing Prophecy Package Builder and Package Hub: Data engineering, standardized.

With the release of Prophecy 3.2, we are thrilled to announce two game-changing capabilities: Prophecy Package Builder and Prophecy Package Hub.
Mitesh Shah
September 27, 2023
August 4, 2025
September 27, 2023
August 4, 2025
September 27, 2023
August 4, 2025
Data Integration Platform
5
min read

Prompt engineering vs. fine tuning: Which approach is right for your enterprise generative AI strategy?

In this blog, we'll take a look at the differences between prompt engineering and fine-tuning, and provide insights into each approach
Mitesh Shah
September 1, 2023
July 15, 2025
September 1, 2023
July 15, 2025
September 1, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
3
min read

Enterprise data and the taming of the Generative AI frontier

Companies can train small, domain-specific language models in a matter of hours or days rather than weeks or months provided they have governed and accurate training inputs. 
Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at the Eckerson Group
August 7, 2023
July 15, 2025
August 7, 2023
July 15, 2025
August 7, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
4
min read

SQL models are easy to deploy and orchestrate with Prophecy

Stop getting stuck managing SQL files, start making progress for your business today
Anya Bida
July 25, 2023
July 15, 2025
July 25, 2023
July 15, 2025
July 25, 2023
July 15, 2025
ETL Modernization
6
min read

Understanding ETL Modernization

Everything you need to know to accelerate ETL modernization
Mei Long
July 18, 2023
July 15, 2025
July 18, 2023
July 15, 2025
July 18, 2023
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
4
min read

Prophecy and all things Data + AI Summit - that’s a wrap!

Get an exciting recap from Databricks Data + AI summit including Prophecy’s announcements around low-code data engineering and generative AI app development
Emily Lewis
July 11, 2023
July 15, 2025
July 11, 2023
July 15, 2025
July 11, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
8
min read

How HealthVerity leverages Prophecy for unmatched data privacy and compliance

Mei Long
June 28, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 28, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 28, 2023
August 4, 2025
Data Integration Platform
9
min read

Introducing the Prophecy Generative AI Platform

Build powerful gen AI applications on private enterprise data in just hours
Raj Bains and Maciej Szpakowski
June 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
Data Integration Platform
5
min read

Introducing Prophecy Data Copilot

Unlock the power of generative AI in data engineering with Prophecy’s Data Copilot.
Mitesh Shah
June 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
10
min read

Prophecy at Data + AI Summit

Top 10 reasons to visit Prophecy at Data + AI Summit 2023
Emily Lewis
June 17, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 17, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 17, 2023
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
8
min read

Webinar spotlight — Moneyball: How the Texas Rangers use low-code data engineering and analytics to identify MVPs

Join this webinar to learn how the Texas Rangers are creating a competitive advantage in professional baseball by using data analytics and AI to improve player performance and evaluate new talent.
Emily Lewis
June 8, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 8, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 8, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
2
min read

Getting started with low-code

Let's create a pipeline using Prophecy's visual, low-code interface for Spark.
Anya Bida
June 8, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 8, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 8, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
5
min read

Use Spark interims to troubleshoot and polish low-code Spark pipelines: Part 2

In Part 1, we learned an easy way to troubleshoot a data pipeline using historical, read-only metadata. Now, I want to dig in and polish my individual spark data frames.
Anya Bida
June 8, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 8, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 8, 2023
August 4, 2025
Data Integration Platform
6
min read

Getting started with low-code SQL

Empowering business data users to quickly and easily build scalable data pipelines on the lakehouse
Anya Bida
June 5, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 5, 2023
July 15, 2025
June 5, 2023
July 15, 2025
Prophecy for Databricks
3
min read

Data engineering for the data lakehouse: Four guiding principles

A rising number of enterprises are adopting the lakehouse to unite their analytics projects and foster innovation on a shared, cloud-based platform.
Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at the Eckerson Group
June 1, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 1, 2023
August 4, 2025
June 1, 2023
August 4, 2025
ETL Modernization
5
min read

3 ways Prophecy modernizes ETL on Databricks

By modernizing the ETL process on Databricks, Prophecy can provide organizations with a more agile, scalable, and cost-effective solution for managing their data.
Maciej Szpakowski
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
6
min read

How to implement ETL on Apache Spark

Learn key steps to follow, how to define the ETL pipeline using Spark APIs and dataframes, and best practices for testing and optimizing pipelines for maximum efficiency
Mei Long
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
ETL Modernization
7
min read

From novice to expert: A blueprint for data analysts to build robust data transformation pipelines without relying on engineering

Learn essential skills and techniques to empower non-technical data practitioners to build ETL pipelines without relying on data engineering.
Mei Long
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 29, 2023
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
3
min read

Event spotlight: Prophecy at Data + AI Summit

Bringing the power of low-code data engineering to the masses
Emily Lewis
May 26, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 26, 2023
July 15, 2025
May 26, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
5
min read

Hitting data driven home runs: How the Texas Rangers win by harnessing Prophecy in their data mesh architecture

Learn how the Texas Rangers use Prophecy and Databricks Lakehouse as the foundation of their data mesh architecture to gain a competitive advantage with low-code data engineering.
Alexander Booth
May 24, 2023
August 4, 2025
May 24, 2023
August 4, 2025
May 24, 2023
August 4, 2025
Data Integration Platform
11
min read

Empower all business data users with interactive SQL development

Leverage Prophecy’s low-code approach and integration with dbt Core to build SQL data pipelines without compromising on engineering best practices
Anya Bida
May 10, 2023
August 4, 2025
May 10, 2023
August 4, 2025
May 10, 2023
August 4, 2025
Prophecy for Databricks
15
min read

Prophecy with Delta — making data lakehouses easier

Learn more about the evolution of data architectures, from traditional ETL through two-tier and modern data lakehouses. Explore how Prophecy can enable you to leverage the lakehouse by making common use cases like advanced merges and slowly changing dimensions significantly easier.
Maciej Szpakowski
April 27, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 27, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 27, 2023
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
5
min read

Announcing Prophecy 3.0: low-code SQL transformations

Discover how Prophecy 3.0 arms all data users with low-code SQL, so they can quickly and easily build scalable data pipelines, resulting in highly impactful data products.
Maciej Szpakowski
April 24, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 24, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 24, 2023
July 15, 2025
Prophecy for Databricks
5
min read

Prophecy: Low-code data engineering on Databricks lakehouses via Partner Connect

We're excited to be a part of Databricks Partner connect! Read this blog to learn how Databricks Partner Connect makes getting started with Prophecy simple via single-click signup and sign-in.
Shagun Bains
April 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
6
min read

ProphecyHub: Metadata re-invented with Git and GraphQL for data engineering

Prophecy has innovated in metadata management by merging code on git with metadata, making it code-first.
Raj Bains
April 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 21, 2023
August 4, 2025
6
min read

Spark: Column-level lineage

Prophecy computes column-level lineage from code for Spark code on Git.
Raj Bains
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
3
min read

Spark deserves a better IDE

Prophecy IDE enables visual and code developers to produce high-quality Spark code.
Raj Bains
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
5
min read

Introducing Prophecy.io — cloud-native data engineering

Introducing Prophecy.io — a high-performance, zero-compromise, cloud-native data engineering product powered by Spark for enterprise data engineering teams.
Raj Bains
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 21, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
15
min read

PySpark hands-on tutorial using a visual IDE

Let's get started with PySpark using a visual interface to generate open-source Spark code.
Anya Bida
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
4
min read

Use Spark interims to troubleshoot and polish low-code Spark pipelines: Part 1

Let’s take advantage of Spark’s interim metadata to understand our Spark job behavior with low-code tooling.
Anya Bida
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
ETL Modernization
4
min read

Cloud data engineering on Spark — factors for transitioning to the stack

For enterprises, navigating the cloud transition can be tricky. This describes the two paradigms for ETL in the cloud, and the factors to consider when choosing one.
Raj Bains
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
ETL Modernization
6
min read

Ab Initio to Spark: Modernize your ETL and lower costs

Prophecy also provides a highly automated replacement for legacy ETL products to accelerate the journey to open source and cloud computing.
Raj Bains
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
Prophecy for Databricks
10
min read

Deep dive into Prophecy for Databricks

Just a few days ago, we announced a Prophecy for Databricks. In this blog post — Part 2 of that announcement — we dig into how Prophecy makes data engineering simple for any data practitioner on Databricks.‍
Maciej Szpakowski
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Integration Platform
10
min read

Financial reporting simplified: Working capital forecasting

In this blog, we learn about the concept of financial reporting, its importance, the various challenges faced while generating an efficient and reliable financial report and how Prophecy makes the complete process easy sailing.
Anshuman Agrawal
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
Events + Announcements
5
min read

Prophecy raises Series A to industrialize data refining

Prophecy is delighted to announce we raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners, with participation from SignalFire, Dig Ventures and Berkeley SkyDeck.
Raj Bains
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Engineering
3
min read

Data Engineering Battle: Python vs SQL++ vs Visual=Code

In a Data Engineering Battle, Prophecy presented a complete, low-code data engineering product with a session for low-code Spark, low-code Airflow and column-level lineage that hundreds attended. Here are the poll results.
Raj Bains
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
Events + Announcements
5
min read

DATA+AI Summit 2021: Poll results and takeaways for low-code products

Prophecy presented a complete, low-code data engineering product at the Data + AI Summit 2021. Hundreds attended our sessions on low-code Spark, low-code Airflow and column-level lineage. Here are the results from the polls we conducted there.
Prophecy Team
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
Data Integration Platform
6
min read

Be more productive on Spark with low-code

Learn about the four main pillars of productive, powerful, low-code data engineering on Spark. See all the pieces in action!
Prophecy Team
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Engineering
3
min read

Prophecy SaaS: Low-code data engineering for your Spark

Announcing the launch of Prophecy SaaS!
Prophecy Team
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
Data Engineering
4
min read

ELT is not the disruption — data engineering is!

The disruption is agile software practices in data engineering made usable for the many. Allow me to explain.
Raj Bains
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
6
min read

Apache Spark™ vs Snowflake: The cloud data engineering (ETL) debate!

We discuss the two cloud data engineering architectures and advise which one to pick as you move your ETL to the cloud.
Raj Bains
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
April 9, 2023
August 4, 2025
Events + Announcements
2
min read

Announcing Prophecy's public beta!

We're excited to share what we have built with you. Sign up and let us know what you think!
Prophecy Team
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
April 9, 2023
July 15, 2025
5
min read

Scala packrat parser combinators for DSLs

Parser combinators allow you to develop sophisticated parsers quickly and see how to use them.
Raj Bains
October 11, 2019
May 16, 2024
October 11, 2019
May 16, 2024
October 11, 2019
May 16, 2024