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Why this content is interesting

  • It tackles Databricks workspace drift through a governed baseline rather than one-off console setup.
  • It is scheduled for 2026-06-04 as part of the content sprint's two-post-per-week cadence.

What we took into account

  • We considered cluster policies, jobs, permissions, secret scopes, runtime freshness, and environment promotion.
  • We avoided unsupported customer claims, certification guarantees, and obsolete product naming.
  • We kept the metadata and social copy curated around the post's concrete reader outcome.

Why it is useful to an end user

  • End users get a path to standardize Databricks workspaces with cost controls and governance built in.
  • The post is written to help practitioners recognize the problem, understand why it matters, and leave with an actionable Pulumi workflow.

Design need

  • This PR is labeled needs-design because the post needs a final meta image before publication.
  • Existing feature.png and meta.png files are placeholders unless Design chooses to reuse or adapt them.

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  • Title: Build a Governed Databricks Workspace with Pulumi
  • Meta description: Provision a governed Databricks workspace baseline with Pulumi, including cluster policies, jobs, permissions, secret scopes, and promotion workflows.

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Thanks for the post! Issues to address before publish. Line numbers refer to content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/index.md.

1. Scope mismatch. The intro, the "What you will build" list (lines 30-33), meta_desc (line 5), and social copy (lines 15-17) all promise four resources: cluster policies, automated jobs, workspace permissions, and secret scopes. The TypeScript program (lines 69-121) only delivers cluster policies, a cluster, a notebook, and a job. There is no Permissions resource and no SecretScope. Either trim the promised scope or add databricks.SecretScope, databricks.Secret, and databricks.Permissions resources to the program.

2. Cloud claim does not match the example. Line 41 frames the workspace-resource layer as cross-cloud, but the example is Azure-only: line 55 uses an Azure Databricks host (adb-123456789.0.azuredatabricks.net), and lines 90 and 109 use Standard_DS3_v2, an Azure VM SKU. AWS Databricks uses node types like i3.xlarge; GCP uses n2-highmem-4. An AWS or GCP reader who copy-pastes this hits a cluster-creation error. Either state that the example targets Azure Databricks, or use a chooser/choosable block for cloud-specific values.

3. Link in H2 heading (line 46). ## Configuring credentials with [Pulumi ESC](/docs/esc/) puts a link in the heading. This creates awkward anchor IDs and TOC rendering. The same link is already in the first sentence below (line 48). Replace the heading with ## Configuring credentials with Pulumi ESC.

4. Conclusion is too thin and missing a CTA (lines 155-157). Two generic sentences with no specific next step. Add a topical CTA linking to the Databricks provider page on the Pulumi Registry, the ESC docs, or a Get Started link, using the blog/cta-button shortcode.

5. "Pulumi Stacks" should be lowercase (line 141). Per AGENTS.md, use lowercase for non-proper nouns ("stack", not "Stack"). Change to By using Pulumi stacks, you can define your infrastructure once....

6. Consecutive paragraphs start with "By" (lines 139 and 141). Repetitive-sentence-opener pattern flagged in the blog review criteria. Vary the rhythm or merge the two paragraphs.

7. Hedging language. Line 20 "often find themselves manually configuring" - drop "often". Line 41 "This is typically cloud-specific" - tighten to "These resources are cloud-specific".

8. First-mention links missing. Line 20 - first mention of Databricks (https://www.databricks.com/) should be hyperlinked. Line 42 - first mention of @pulumi/databricks should link to the provider page on the Pulumi Registry.

Frontmatter and publishing readiness

  • Title is 48 characters, meta description is 152 characters - both within limits.
  • Author profile data/team/team/pablo-seibelt.toml exists.
  • <!--more--> break is correctly placed after the intro.
  • feature.png (27 KB) and meta.png (138 KB) are present and non-empty, but per the PR description these are placeholders pending design - confirmed by the needs-design label.
  • social: block is fully populated.

End-of-review publishing readiness checklist

  • social: block present (twitter, linkedin, bluesky)
  • meta_image finalized (currently placeholder per PR description - blocks publish)
  • meta_image uses current Pulumi logos (cannot verify until final image is in place)
  • <!--more--> break present after intro
  • Author profile exists
  • All links resolve - /docs/esc/ resolves; first-mention links for Databricks and @pulumi/databricks still need to be added
  • Code examples have language specifiers
  • No animated GIFs used as meta_image
  • Title under 60 chars
  • Promised scope (workspace permissions, secret scopes) is delivered in the program

Mention @claude for another pass after revisions, or if you would like me to draft the missing Permissions/SecretScope snippets in full.

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Social Media Review

content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/index.md

X — PASS

LinkedIn — PASS

Bluesky — PASS


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These are stylistic notes — they don't block the post.

X

  • "Put the governed baseline in Pulumi instead" closes the loop but doesn't tease what the article shows — add a hook toward the outcome

LinkedIn

  • "This guide shows how to manage that baseline with Pulumi and promote it across environments" summarizes the article's arc, reducing incentive to click

Updated for commit 45d704bc2975a620885b7f9fe484fb2867f02318 (short: 45d704b) at 2026-05-13 21:54 UTC.

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sicarul commented May 13, 2026

@claude please review again. I rewrote this branch history to a single clean commit on current origin/master, removed all non-blog files from the PR diff, fixed social frontmatter paragraph formatting, and addressed the review feedback that applied to this post.

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Docs review (CI) — re-review

Thanks for the cleanup pass. The branch is now a single clean commit touching exactly the three blog files (index.md, feature.png, meta.png) — good. Walking through prior items against the current content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/index.md:

Fixed

  • Switch to using typedoc for TypeScript documentation. #1 scope (mostly). meta_desc, "What you'll build" (lines 35–43), the program intro (line 75), and the recap (lines 131–136) now consistently promise cluster policies, notebooks, jobs — matching the program. permissions and secret scopes are dropped from the body and from LinkedIn/Bluesky copy. One holdover: see #1a below.
  • Update in the wake of renamepocalypse #2 cloud claim. Line 50 now explicitly states the example uses an Azure Databricks workspace URL, with a note that the workspace-resource pattern transfers once the provider is reconfigured. Reads accurately for an Azure-only sample.
  • Improve our TypeScript documentation story #3 link in H2. Line 54 is now ## Configuring credentials with Pulumi ESC; the /docs/esc/ link sits in the first body sentence (line 56). Clean.
  • Use a proper service/daemon, not screen #5 "Pulumi stacks" lowercase. Line 147 reads "Use Pulumi stacks to deploy…". Fixed.
  • Set up monitoring and alerting for docs.pulumi.com #6 repetitive "By" openers. The duplicate "By …" paragraphs are gone; the closing section reads naturally.
  • #8a Databricks first mention. Line 29 now links Databricks → https://www.databricks.com/.
  • Social paragraph formatting. All three blocks (twitter, linkedin, bluesky) now have a blank line between paragraphs, matching the social-media-review bot's required structure.

Still outstanding

  1. #1a — X social still mentions "permissions". Lines 16–17:

    "Databricks workspaces drift fast when clusters, jobs, and permissions are configured by hand. Put the governed baseline in Pulumi instead."

    The body no longer covers permissions, so the X promo over-promises relative to the article. LinkedIn and Bluesky are aligned; only X is out of step. Suggest swapping permissions for notebooks (or policies) — e.g. "drift fast when clusters, jobs, and notebooks are configured by hand." Fix this →

  2. Do not link @pulumi/cloud in the AWS quickstart #7 — hedging language not addressed.

    • Line 29: "Platform teams responsible for Databricks often find themselves manually configuring…" — drop "often find themselves" → "Platform teams responsible for Databricks manually configure clusters and notebooks for every new data science team."
    • Line 49: "This is typically cloud-specific…" — tighten to "These resources are cloud-specific…". Fix this →
  3. #8b — @pulumi/databricks first mention still unlinked. Line 50 mentions the provider but doesn't link it. First-mention should point at the Registry page. Suggest: [`@pulumi/databricks`](/registry/packages/databricks/) on first reference. Fix this →

  4. Quickstart for LM release #4 (partial) — conclusion CTA. Lines 161–163 are improved: a concrete next step plus two topical links (Databricks provider docs, Pulumi ESC). The CTA is still inline prose rather than the blog/cta-button shortcode, which is the house pattern for a final call to action. Not a blocker, but using the shortcode would make the next-step visually unmistakable. Fix this →

Frontmatter and publishing readiness

  • Title 48 chars; meta_desc 138 chars. Both within limits and meta_desc now matches scope.
  • Author profile data/team/team/pablo-seibelt.toml exists.
  • `` break correctly placed after the intro.
  • feature.png (27 KB) and meta.png (138 KB) present; per PR description and needs-design label, they're placeholders pending design.

End-of-review publishing readiness checklist

  • social: block present (twitter, linkedin, bluesky) and multi-paragraph
  • meta_image finalized (currently placeholder per PR description — blocks publish)
  • meta_image uses current Pulumi logos (cannot verify until final image is in place)
  • `` break present after intro
  • Author profile exists
  • All links resolve — Databricks first-mention linked; @pulumi/databricks first-mention still needs a link
  • Code examples have language specifiers
  • No animated GIFs used as meta_image
  • Title under 60 chars
  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program
  • Social copy scope consistent across all three networks (X still mentions "permissions")
  • Article-internal headings use sentence case; H1 title is title case

Net: structural and stylistic issues from the prior pass are largely resolved. The remaining content gaps (X copy, two hedges, missing provider link, optional CTA shortcode) are small fixes. The publish blocker is still the final meta_image from Design.

Mention @claude for another pass after revisions.
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sicarul commented May 13, 2026

@claude please review again. Branch history is now a single clean commit on current origin/master. The PR diff contains only content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/index.md plus feature.png and meta.png. Social-review is passing, and actionable content feedback has been addressed.

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Docs review (CI) — third pass

Confirmed: the branch is a single clean commit on top of current origin/master, touching exactly content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/{index.md,feature.png,meta.png}. Branch hygiene looks great.

For the content items from the prior pass, I walked through the current index.md line-by-line. Most of the prior pass's "outstanding" items are still present in the file as it stands at this commit:

Still outstanding (carried over from pass 2)

  1. X social still mentions "permissions" — line 16:

    "Databricks workspaces drift fast when clusters, jobs, and permissions are configured by hand."

    The body and LinkedIn/Bluesky no longer cover permissions, so X is the only network out of step. Suggest swapping permissions for notebooks (or policies) to match the program. Fix this →

  2. Hedging language not yet trimmed.

    • Line 29: "Platform teams responsible for Databricks often find themselves manually configuring…" → drop "often find themselves" → "Platform teams responsible for Databricks manually configure clusters and notebooks for every new data science team."
    • Line 49: "This is typically cloud-specific…" → "These resources are cloud-specific…". Fix this →
  3. @pulumi/databricks first mention is still unlinked — line 50. First-mention should point at the Registry page: [`@pulumi/databricks`](/registry/packages/databricks/). Fix this →

  4. Conclusion CTA — still inline prose (line 163). Not a blocker, but the blog/cta-button shortcode is the house pattern for a final call-to-action. Fix this →

Note: per the prior pass, the body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs), the H2 link removal, "Pulumi stacks" casing, repeated "By" openers, Azure-only framing, and the Databricks first-mention link are all confirmed fixed in this commit.

Frontmatter and publishing readiness

  • Title 48 chars; meta_desc 138 chars — both within limits and scope-aligned with the body.
  • Author profile data/team/team/pablo-seibelt.toml exists.
  • `` break correctly placed after the intro (line 33).
  • Social block multi-paragraph formatting is correct across all three networks.
  • feature.png (27 KB) and meta.png (138 KB) present; per PR description and needs-design label, still placeholders pending design.

End-of-review publishing readiness checklist

  • social: block present (twitter, linkedin, bluesky) and multi-paragraph
  • meta_image finalized (placeholder per PR description — blocks publish)
  • meta_image uses current Pulumi logos (cannot verify until final image is in place)
  • `` break present after intro
  • Author profile exists
  • All links resolve — Databricks first-mention linked; @pulumi/databricks first-mention still needs a link
  • Code examples have language specifiers
  • No animated GIFs used as meta_image
  • Title under 60 chars
  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program
  • Social copy scope consistent across all three networks (X still mentions "permissions")
  • Article-internal headings use sentence case; H1 title is title case
  • Hedging language removed (two instances remain — lines 29 and 49)

Net: branch is in great shape structurally, but the four small content fixes I flagged in pass 2 (X copy, two hedges, missing provider link, optional CTA shortcode) don't appear in this commit. They're a few minutes of edits. Want me to push those changes directly? Just reply @claude please apply the outstanding fixes and I'll make the edits on this branch. The meta_image from Design is still the hard publish blocker.
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sicarul commented May 13, 2026

@claude please review again. This request is after the latest pushed head commit 45d704bc. The branch has a single clean commit on current origin/master, and the PR diff is limited to content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/index.md, feature.png, and meta.png.

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Docs review (CI) — fourth pass

The branch head is still 45d704bc — the same commit pass 3 reviewed. The PR diff is exactly the three intended blog files (index.md, feature.png, meta.png) and the branch is one clean commit on origin/master. Branch hygiene remains good.

However, no content edits have landed since pass 3 (git rev-parse HEAD returns the same SHA referenced there), so all four outstanding items I flagged still apply to content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/index.md verbatim:

Still outstanding (carried over from pass 3, unchanged)

  1. X social still mentions "permissions" — line 16:

    "Databricks workspaces drift fast when clusters, jobs, and permissions are configured by hand."

    LinkedIn and Bluesky are aligned with the body (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs); X is the lone holdout. Swap permissionsnotebooks (or policies). Fix this →

  2. Hedging language still present.

    • Line 29: "Platform teams responsible for [Databricks] often find themselves manually configuring…" → "Platform teams responsible for [Databricks] manually configure clusters and notebooks for every new data science team."
    • Line 49: "This is typically cloud-specific…" → "These resources are cloud-specific…". Fix this →
  3. @pulumi/databricks first mention still unlinked — line 50. Wrap as [`@pulumi/databricks`](/registry/packages/databricks/) on the first reference. Fix this →

  4. Conclusion CTA still inline prose — line 163. Not a blocker, but the blog/cta-button shortcode is the house pattern for a final call-to-action. Fix this →

Verified by grep against the current file — items 1–3 land on lines 16, 29, 49, and 50, and the cta-button shortcode does not appear anywhere in the file.

Confirmed still good from pass 3

  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program.
  • H2 link removed; "Pulumi stacks" lowercase; repeated "By" openers gone.
  • Azure-only framing is explicit on line 50.
  • Databricks first-mention link present on line 29.
  • Social block is multi-paragraph across all three networks.
  • meta_desc 138 chars, title 48 chars, author profile exists, `` placed correctly after line 33.

End-of-review publishing readiness checklist

  • social: block present (twitter, linkedin, bluesky) and multi-paragraph
  • meta_image finalized (placeholder per PR description — blocks publish)
  • meta_image uses current Pulumi logos (cannot verify until final image is in place)
  • `` break present after intro
  • Author profile exists
  • All links resolve — Databricks first-mention linked; @pulumi/databricks first-mention still needs a link
  • Code examples have language specifiers
  • No animated GIFs used as meta_image
  • Title under 60 chars
  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program
  • Social copy scope consistent across all three networks (X still mentions "permissions")
  • Article-internal headings use sentence case; H1 title is title case
  • Hedging language removed (two instances remain — lines 29 and 49)

Net: branch hygiene is solid, but the four small content fixes from pass 3 don't appear in this commit (HEAD is unchanged). They're a few minutes of edits — I'm happy to apply them on this branch. Reply with @claude please apply the outstanding fixes and I'll push a follow-up commit. The meta_image from Design remains the hard publish blocker.
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sicarul commented May 14, 2026

@claude please review again. This PR is now marked as draft, the needs-design label has been removed, and the latest pushed head is 45d704bc.

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Docs review (CI) — fifth pass

Branch hygiene at 45d704bc: single commit on top of the latest pulled master, touching exactly content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/{index.md,feature.png,meta.png} (+163 / −0). PR draft status and needs-design label removal are noted — but the four content items I flagged in passes 2–4 are still present in this commit (verified line-by-line against the current index.md).

Still outstanding (unchanged from pass 4)

  1. X social still mentions "permissions" — line 16:

    "Databricks workspaces drift fast when clusters, jobs, and permissions are configured by hand."

    LinkedIn (line 20) and Bluesky (line 24) say "cluster policies, notebooks, and jobs" / "clusters, notebooks, and jobs", matching the body. X is the lone holdout. Swap permissionsnotebooks (or policies) to align. Fix this →

  2. Hedging language still present.

    • Line 29: "Platform teams responsible for [Databricks] often find themselves manually configuring clusters and notebooks…" → "Platform teams responsible for [Databricks] manually configure clusters and notebooks…"
    • Line 49: "This is typically cloud-specific…" → "These resources are cloud-specific…". Fix this →
  3. @pulumi/databricks first mention still unlinked — line 50. Wrap as [`@pulumi/databricks`](/registry/packages/databricks/) on the first reference. Fix this →

  4. Conclusion CTA still inline prose — line 163. Not a blocker, but the blog/cta-button shortcode is the house pattern for a final call-to-action. Fix this →

Confirmed still good from pass 4

  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program.
  • H2 link removed; "Pulumi stacks" lowercase; repeated "By" openers gone.
  • Azure-only framing is explicit on line 50.
  • Databricks first-mention link present on line 29.
  • Social block is multi-paragraph across all three networks.
  • meta_desc 138 chars, title 48 chars, author profile exists, `` placed correctly after line 33.

On the draft / needs-design change

Marking the PR as draft and removing needs-design are PR-state signals; they don't change what's on disk. The feature.png (27 KB) and meta.png (138 KB) bytes in this commit are identical to the previous passes — the PR description still describes them as placeholders. If Design has approved these placeholders as the final assets, please call that out explicitly in the PR description so reviewers can flip the meta_image finalized checkbox with confidence; otherwise treat the meta image as still pending.

End-of-review publishing readiness checklist

  • social: block present (twitter, linkedin, bluesky) and multi-paragraph
  • meta_image finalized (still labeled placeholder in PR description — needs explicit Design sign-off)
  • meta_image uses current Pulumi logos (cannot verify until status is confirmed final)
  • `` break present after intro
  • Author profile exists
  • All links resolve — Databricks first-mention linked; @pulumi/databricks first-mention still needs a link
  • Code examples have language specifiers
  • No animated GIFs used as meta_image
  • Title under 60 chars
  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program
  • Social copy scope consistent across all three networks (X still mentions "permissions")
  • Article-internal headings use sentence case; H1 title is title case
  • Hedging language removed (two instances remain — lines 29 and 49)

Net: branch hygiene remains solid, but no content edits have landed since pass 2 — items 1–4 are unchanged. They are a few minutes of work; happy to push them on this branch myself. Reply @claude please apply the outstanding fixes and I will commit and push. The meta_image status (final vs placeholder) is still the practical publish gate even though the needs-design label is gone.

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sicarul commented May 14, 2026

@claude please review the latest pushed changes, including the generated blog feature and meta images.

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Docs review (CI) — sixth pass

Branch hygiene at 545a40a: single commit on top of recent master (parent a853d02), touching exactly content/blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi/{index.md,feature.png,meta.png} (+163 / −0). Clean.

Images — big change since pass 5 ✅

The placeholder PNGs have been replaced by properly generated assets:

File Pass 5 This pass Dimensions
feature.png 27 KB 116 KB 1884 × 1256
meta.png 138 KB 285 KB 1200 × 628

I inspected both files visually:

  • feature.png (1884 × 1256) — Pulumi's dark purple background with the Databricks "stacked-squares" mark and the Pulumi "cube of pebbles" mark inside the concentric-circle radial pattern. Matches the in-house feature template.
  • meta.png (1200 × 628) — Same composition as the feature, with the title "Build a Governed Databricks Workspace with Pulumi" rendered in white on the left and the current Pulumi wordmark + cube logo bottom-left. Dimensions match the OpenGraph spec; logo is the current Pulumi mark, not an outdated one.

These are the standard generated outputs from the blog feature/meta image pipeline and look ready to ship as the final assets. The needs-design label was already removed in pass 5; the PR description still calls them "placeholders" — please update it (or just leave a comment) confirming these are the final intended images so the meta_image finalized and current Pulumi logos checkboxes can be ticked with confidence.

Content items 1–4 — still unchanged

Since pass 5 the index.md content is byte-identical, so the four small items I flagged in passes 2–5 are still present:

  1. X social still mentions "permissions" — line 16:

    "Databricks workspaces drift fast when clusters, jobs, and permissions are configured by hand."

    LinkedIn (line 20: "cluster policies, notebooks, and jobs") and Bluesky (line 24: "clusters, notebooks, and jobs") match the body. Only X is out of step. Fix this →

  2. Hedging language still present.

    • Line 29: "Platform teams responsible for [Databricks] often find themselves manually configuring clusters and notebooks…" → "Platform teams responsible for [Databricks] manually configure clusters and notebooks…"
    • Line 49: "This is typically cloud-specific…" → "These resources are cloud-specific…" Fix this →
  3. @pulumi/databricks first mention still unlinked — line 50. First-mention should point at the Registry page: [`@pulumi/databricks`](/registry/packages/databricks/). Fix this →

  4. Conclusion CTA still inline prose — line 163. Not a blocker, but blog/cta-button is the house pattern. Fix this →

Confirmed still good from pass 5

  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program.
  • H2 link removed; "Pulumi stacks" lowercase; repeated "By" openers gone.
  • Azure-only framing explicit on line 50.
  • Databricks first-mention link present on line 29.
  • Social block multi-paragraph across all three networks.
  • meta_desc 138 chars, title 48 chars, author profile exists, `` placed correctly after line 33.

End-of-review publishing readiness checklist

  • social: block present (twitter, linkedin, bluesky) and multi-paragraph
  • meta_image finalized — proper 1200×628 PNG with title text and current Pulumi logo (please confirm in PR description that this is final, not placeholder)
  • meta_image uses current Pulumi logos
  • `` break present after intro
  • Author profile exists
  • All links resolve — Databricks first-mention linked; @pulumi/databricks first-mention still needs a link
  • Code examples have language specifiers
  • No animated GIFs used as meta_image
  • Title under 60 chars
  • Body scope (cluster policies, notebooks, jobs) matches the program
  • Social copy scope consistent across all three networks (X still mentions "permissions")
  • Article-internal headings use sentence case; H1 title is title case
  • Hedging language removed (two instances remain — lines 29 and 49)

Net: the meta image is now the real, generated 1200×628 OG asset with the proper title and current Pulumi branding — that flips the only hard publish blocker from pass 5. The four content items from passes 2–5 are unchanged in this commit. They are a few minutes of edits; reply @claude please apply the outstanding fixes and I'll commit and push them on this branch.
• Branch: blog/end-to-end-databricks-with-pulumi

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