Unity Catalog in Practice: Lessons From the Field
Unity Catalog sounds straightforward: “one governance layer for all your data and AI assets.” In theory, it’s elegant. In practice, you’ll run into gotchas that docs don’t prepare you for. This post is from the field—patterns that work, mistakes I’ve seen repeated, and how to actually build a sustainable governance layer in 2026. What Unity Catalog Is (And Isn’t) What It Is A unified access control and metadata layer for: ...