What AI thinks a DBA does all day is a calm, orderly Tuesday, so I wrote down my actual Tuesday. Its day has six items, and mine has thirteen.
AI Bubble: I Hope It Pops
The AI bubble I hope will pop is the one I am standing inside, holding a book, a consulting practice, and the survival instincts of a cartoon coyote who has just looked down.
Your Second Skill Was Never a Parachute
Your second skill was never a parachute, and the proof is six hundred years old. The Black Death wage laws of 1349 explain what is happening to our careers.
Beautiful T-SQL Queries: Three Could Delete the Company
AI writes genuinely beautiful T-SQL queries. Aligned, aliased, commented. Beautiful has never meant correct, and three of these could delete the company.
AI Slop: The Literary Offenses of the Machine
How to spot AI slop, discovered the hard way, over four hundred entries, in a dressing gown, at two in the morning, and ending in a place I did not care for.
A Better Fire Alarm Is Still a Fire
A better fire alarm is still a fire, and many SQL Server incidents I get called for were preventable. Here is the T-SQL audit I wish had run before the pager rang.
They Finished the AI Training. Eleven Days Later, the Job Was Gone
An anonymous interview with a database professional who finished the AI training their employer assigned. Eleven days later, the job was gone.