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• PostFeeding a Delta Sync Vector Index into Genie: Closing the Structured/Unstructured GapGenie is excellent at natural-language SQL over Delta tables but blind to your PDFs and documents, so here's how a Delta Sync vector index picks up the slack.databricksgenievector-searchdelta-lakeAug 2026 · 3 min
• PostRunning Gemma 4 Locally — What It's Actually LikeGoogle's Gemma 4 brings serious capability to local inference. Here's what you need, what to expect, and where it fits.local-llmllama-cppai-engineeringopen-sourceAug 2026 · 2 min
• PostWiring Databricks Genie into MCP: Turning Natural-Language Data Queries into a Standard ToolDatabricks now exposes Genie as a managed MCP server, which means any MCP-aware agent can ask questions of your Unity Catalog data without you writing a custom integration.databricksmcpgenieai-engineeringAug 2026 · 3 min
• Post · Site noteThis week: the site grew a brain, and the arcade game grew a faceA week split between turning damienkedwardstech into an agentic content platform and giving a classroom arcade game a proper CRT-cabinet feel.webdevaisideprojectsgamedevAug 2026 · 2 min