Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines: From DLT to Production
If you’ve been writing Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipelines, you’ve been building with Lakeflow without knowing the new name. In 2026, the rebranding matters because it signals how Databricks now wants you to think about declarative pipeline design. This isn’t just a rename. The mental model has shifted from “tables and dependencies” to “data flows and transformations.” Let me show you what changed and why it matters. For where Lakeflow fits relative to other orchestration choices and the broader paradigm question, see The modern lakehouse stack and Stream vs batch processing. ...