I see all the complexity of implementations around me which tend to fail and companies tend to think that if we only we could hire someone who knew more about this, and could add even more complexity then we could succeed… SQL tuning Database Tuning Design Patterns Complex Algorithms Strange…

Not withstanding the drama going on at OpenAI at the moment, I have spoken to many people who seem to think that AI can do generate “any” code at present. That is not necessarily true. It can generate code based on documentation and code samples available online. It can drum…

It is a great business model to just combine different new technologies in novel ways to solve genuine user problems and make a ton of money out of it. But, what I love about Research is that, it is going back to the fundamentals and re-imagining something which almost everyone…

I saw a question in a job posting today that asked: “What is the hardest SQL problem you have ever seen?” 😊 I think that is the wrong question to ask, because it is evident that you have reached the end of your line, or will soon reach that point…

SQL and relational databases were developed at a different time and age. It was a time when 1.5GB of HDD was “very large”. So, like ancient manuscripts, we wanted to store precious data, with data integrity in the most efficient way possible. …

Regardless of the Safety vs. Capitalism debate, where I think many people would be for #1, the way this situation unfolded clearly showed that it was not done in a professional manner. You don’t fire the CEO of a company with no clear reason, and nothing specific you can mention…

I think one of the reasons why most startups fail, and VCs don’t get ROI on these investments is because these solutions are usually “thin”, “automate something with code” or “do something better with code” solutions. I don’t see this as “technology” startups because, in 2023, code is ubiquitous. Although…

Yup. It has been pretty frustrating to be able to build an ASP.NET Web API project with Angular, and being unable to add a new controller beyond the damn WeatherController, as well as being unable to get Swagger working. Don’t try searching on Google. …

The relationship between system internals and software engineering is similar to quantum mechanics and Newtonian physics. …