Maintaining the Databricks Terraform Provider - A Journey of Growth and Learning

Explore the evolution and challenges of maintaining the Databricks Terraform provider in this 30-minute conference talk by Vuong Nguyen from HashiCorp. Gain behind-the-scenes insights into the provider's development process since its 2020 release, including its growth to official support in 2022 and current usage by nearly 3,000 customers. Discover how the implementation has evolved, particularly its integration with the Databricks Go SDK. Learn about unexpected complexities in feature requests and common anti-patterns observed in provider usage. This talk offers valuable perspectives for those interested in Terraform provider development and the intricacies of maintaining widely-used infrastructure automation tools.

Maintaining the Databricks Terraform provider - a journey of growth & learning