Willing to Fail
Being willing to fail is different from being reckless, and being careful doesn’t mean avoiding risk. Yet, too often, we treat risk as a binary choice: go all in or play it safe.
The truth? Smart risk-taking lies in the middle.
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Distributed Transactions
Most engineers think they understand transactions until they deal with distributed systems, different storage engines, or frameworks that abstract too much.
Junior DBAs
The strongest junior DBAs for operational systems come from software development backgrounds with a genuine passion for data.
They’ve built apps, optimized queries, and experienced firsthand the pain of poor database decisions before transitioning into a DBA role.
Fit For Purpose
While I start my day with coffee, I’ve been sipping hot tea for the rest of it lately. (Exciting, right?) But there’s a bigger point here.
AGI
When someone claims we’re on the brink of AGI...
"Camelot! Camelot!"
... The reality?
"It’s only a model."
AI tools are powerful, sure. But true intelligence? That’s still a fantasy.
