AI sounds like someone, which is exactly why the checking stops. Cardinal read the cover of my book and has not recovered.
Text to SQL: The SQL Was Never the Hard Part
Text to SQL works now, on real schemas, with joins and window functions. I watched three companies hand it to their business users, and all three quietly stopped. The SQL was never the hard part. The hard part is knowing which table is real and which meaning of the word you meant.
Tokens and the Context Window: Out of the Window, Out of Mind
Part two of ten. Most of the surprises people hit with AI at work trace back to this one chapter. A model reads in tokens, holds only so many at once, and charges for each one. 1. What is a token? A token is the unit of text a model…
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Tech Expo Gujarat 2026: Join Me in Ahmedabad This November
I’m speaking at Tech Expo Gujarat 2026, November 27 to 29 at GUCEC in Ahmedabad. My session, Competence Debt: AI Lets Us Ship What We Cannot Fix, is on Saturday, November 28. Here is what it covers and how to find me there.
SQL Server Network Latency: When the Database Isn’t the Slow Part
SQL Server network latency can make a fast database look slow. An application that fetches 4,000 orders one query at a time pays for every round trip. I measured the loop against one query, tested what ASYNC_NETWORK_IO means, and show how to check your own round trip time.
SQL Server 2025 Cheat Sheet: Every Query Tested, Free PDF
This SQL Server 2025 cheat sheet puts the T-SQL I use every day on four printable pages. Every query ran on SQL Server 2025 first, and all the scripts are in the post. It covers joins, window functions, regular expressions, JSON, indexes, backups and SSMS shortcuts.
The Backup That Disappeared: Sunday Puzzle
The backup that disappeared is one of six cards. Compare the shelves and name the missing card after another card moves.