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Count Is Not Risk: Ranking Data Issues by What They Actually Cost
The biggest pile of errors is rarely your biggest problem. Try ranking data issues by impact and likelihood, not row count, and fix what actually hurts.
Data Quality, Data Reliability, and Data Observability: Telling the Three Apart
“The dashboard is wrong” hides three problems. Learn how data quality, data reliability, and data observability differ, and which one you are actually facing.
I Almost Did Not Publish This Book
I almost did not publish this book. Not because I doubted the ideas, but because I was not ready for anyone to see how much of it was about me, and maybe you.
We Need to Talk About How AI Actually Makes You Feel
Can I be honest with you? We need to talk about how AI actually makes you feel, because most of what we say about AI is not really about AI at all: it’s about us.
From Baby SQLAuthority to Author: Shaivi, You Made Us Proud
Balance, Bounce & Believe: A Practical Guide for Young Gymnasts is the book our daughter, Shaivi Pinalkumar Dave, has written, and for Nupur and me, it is not only a book.
Enterprise AI’s Hidden Problem Is Organizational Amnesia
When enterprise AI gives a wrong answer, we blame the model. Often the real failure is organizational amnesia: the company cannot remember what it already knows.
AI, Disposable Apps, and the Sunday Evenings We Are Losing
Here is the story of AI, Disposable Apps, and the Sunday Evenings We Are Losing. It was a Sunday evening. Around 8:15 PM.
SQL and AI – I Am Staying Relevant. Are You?
I am staying relevant. Are you?
I know that is a heavy way to start. Maybe you have not even said it to yourself, because saying it makes it real.
SQL Server Monitoring Across Cloud, Hybrid, and On-Prem
Let us talk about SQL Server Monitoring Across Cloud, Hybrid, and On-Prem. This is not a tooling problem.