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6 registry resources · 2 tutorials, 1 plugin · roadmap: Lakehouse, Cloud, Streaming
What this topic covers
DE//AGENT currently lists 6 resources under delta: 2 tutorials, 1 plugin, 1 agent. Everything below is derived from the live registry — counts, capabilities, verification state and security posture come from the curated records, never from marketing copy.
Also present: 1 template, 1 reference.
What you can learn here
Documented learning objectives across these resources:
- Say what ACID transactions on object storage guarantee concurrent writers — via ACID and concurrent writes — why compaction and ingestion collide
- Schedule compaction outside the ingestion window and explain the contention — via ACID and concurrent writes — why compaction and ingestion collide
- Handle a contending OPTIMIZE — compaction is additive, so halt it, no rollback — via ACID and concurrent writes — why compaction and ingestion collide
- Read a table-health report before planning maintenance — via Check lakehouse table health with Lakehouse Guard
- Generate a compaction plan instead of running compaction ad hoc — via Check lakehouse table health with Lakehouse Guard
- Understand when the guard blocks maintenance actions — via Check lakehouse table health with Lakehouse Guard
Where this fits in the learning roadmap
These resources map to stages: Lakehouse (4), Cloud (1), Streaming (1). Follow the four-phase roadmap to place this topic inside a progression instead of learning it in isolation.
Compare the registry's options
Every entry, its shape and its trust state — sorted by the registry's composite score. This table is the honest version of a marketing comparison: no sponsored placements, no unverifiable claims.
| Resource | Type | Difficulty | Verification | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACID and concurrent writes — why compaction and ingestion collide | Tutorial | intermediate | community | 34.15 |
| Check lakehouse table health with Lakehouse Guard | Tutorial | intermediate | community | 34.15 |
| Databricks Reviewer | Agent | advanced | community flags | 33.5 |
| Lakehouse Guard | Plugin | advanced | community flags | 28.6 |
| Delta Lake Documentation | Reference | — | community | 27.7 |
| Kafka Streaming Job Template | Template | advanced | community flags | 27.1 |
How scores are computed: source quality score.
Where to start
Highest composite score first:
- ACID and concurrent writes — why compaction and ingestion collide score 34.15 — intermediate
- Check lakehouse table health with Lakehouse Guard score 34.15 — intermediate
- Databricks Reviewer score 33.5 — advanced
Scores rank provenance, completeness and trust — read how verification works before adopting anything.
Good fits
Reach for these with production experience: Databricks Reviewer, Lakehouse Guard, Kafka Streaming Job Template.
Cautions and limitations
Security-flagged entries: Databricks Reviewer (1 flag), Lakehouse Guard (3 flags), Kafka Streaming Job Template (4 flags). Flags mean the record declares capabilities like credential use or write access — read the security posture on each page before connecting.
Production use cases
- ACID and concurrent writes — why compaction and ingestion collide — What ACID on object storage actually guards, and where it stops: Delta commits transactions on files, but compaction is also a writer, and the two meet in the ingestion window. Lea… details
- Check lakehouse table health with Lakehouse Guard — Use the Lakehouse Guard plugin's three commands on a Delta/Iceberg table: /table-health for a status read, /plan-compaction for a maintenance plan, and /expire-snapshots for a safe… details
- Databricks Reviewer — Review notebooks, jobs and Delta tables for the Databricks-specific pitfalls. details
- Lakehouse Guard — Delta/Iceberg table maintenance advisor plus a guard that blocks compaction or snapshot expiry during peak ingestion windows. details
Install and inspect
Real install commands from the registry — read the source before running any of them:
amp plugin add de-agent/lakehouse-guardLakehouse Guard — review first
amp template new de-agent/kafka-streaming ./streamingKafka Streaming Job Template — review first
Further study
Adjacent topics: lakehouse (3 shared), tutorial (2 shared), plugin (2 shared), maintenance (2 shared).
Study path: the roadmap places this topic in a progression · the scoring model explains the numbers · the trust rule catalog shows every security check these entries passed through.
Full resource list
| Resource | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| ACID and concurrent writes — why compaction and ingestion collide | Tutorial | 34.15 |
| Check lakehouse table health with Lakehouse Guard | Tutorial | 34.15 |
| Databricks Reviewer | Agent | 33.5 |
| Lakehouse Guard | Plugin | 28.6 |
| Delta Lake Documentation | Reference | 27.7 |
| Kafka Streaming Job Template | Template | 27.1 |