AI read the procedure that everybody walks past. Nine hundred lines, no comments, one very old warning at the top.
AI Interview Questions Test You, Not the Machine
AI interview questions test whether you can explain something out loud. Cardinal can produce an answer. Cardinal cannot be asked.
AI Sounds Like Someone, But Nobody Is in There
AI sounds like someone, which is exactly why the checking stops. Cardinal read the cover of my book and has not recovered.
AI Row Count Estimates Come From Nothing
AI row count estimates arrive with tremendous confidence. Cardinal said four hundred. The query returned nine million.
Every Database Has These Seven Tables
Walk into any company, open the production database, and you will find the same seven tables. Nobody planned it, and I have personally created four of them.
Personal Technology – Laptop Screen Blank – No Post – No BIOS – No Boot
A blank laptop screen interrupted a database emergency in 2013. Here is the family story and the power reset that worked on our old removable-battery laptop.


