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 # databricks-best-practices
 running best practices from documentation
 
 see documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/notebooks/best-practices
 
-![pylint](https://img.shields.io/badge/PyLint-0.00-red?logo=python&logoColor=white)
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