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If your AI needs a human SQL translator, it's not really integrated
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 4d ago
If your AI needs a human SQL translator, it's not really integrated
Here's a simple test for whether your AI workflow is real or just cosmetic: When someone asks a...
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The hidden cost of every 'quick SQL question'
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 4d ago
The hidden cost of every 'quick SQL question'
Most teams don't notice the cost because each request feels small. A quick SQL question here. A...
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AI isn't the bottleneck. Your database access is.
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 4d ago
AI isn't the bottleneck. Your database access is.
Most teams think they have an AI problem. Usually, they have a data access problem. You can buy the...
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Why your LLM knows more about ancient Rome than your own database
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 6d ago
Why your LLM knows more about ancient Rome than your own database
Your AI assistant can tell you the exact year Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon. Ask it what devices...
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The 3 questions every new IT manager asks on day one (and why they're so hard to answer)
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
The 3 questions every new IT manager asks on day one (and why they're so hard to answer)
It doesn't matter what company you join. The first week as a new IT manager has a predictable...
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Stop building dashboards. Start asking questions.
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
Stop building dashboards. Start asking questions.
Every data team I've talked to has the same problem: they spend more time building dashboards than...
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The patch that broke everything (and the spreadsheet that caused it)
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
The patch that broke everything (and the spreadsheet that caused it)
It was a routine patch cycle. The team pushed updates to what they thought was the full device list....
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What happens when every developer on your team can query production (safely)
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
What happens when every developer on your team can query production (safely)
The data team is the bottleneck. But giving everyone raw database access is terrifying. There's a...
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The Monday morning report that should write itself (but doesn't)
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
The Monday morning report that should write itself (but doesn't)
Every Monday. Same 6 queries. Copy-paste into a spreadsheet. Send to Slack. Repeat forever. I've...
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Why your LLM knows more about ancient Rome than your own database
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
Why your LLM knows more about ancient Rome than your own database
Your AI can write a sonnet about Marcus Aurelius. Ask it your Q4 churn rate — it guesses. There's a...
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Your monitoring stack is lying to you (and you can prove it with SQL)
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
Your monitoring stack is lying to you (and you can prove it with SQL)
Pull up your monitoring dashboard. Now open your ticketing system. Now check your deployment...
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The CVE your team missed because nobody owns the asset list
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
The CVE your team missed because nobody owns the asset list
There's a pattern in post-mortems that nobody talks about. A CVE drops. Security team checks the...
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The real reason your team doesn't use your data
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
The real reason your team doesn't use your data
Every day, someone on your team makes a decision without data. Not because the data doesn't exist....
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What makes a good MCP tool definition (and what makes a terrible one)
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 1w ago
What makes a good MCP tool definition (and what makes a terrible one)
MCP tools are simple in theory: you define a function, describe what it does, and AI models call it...
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MCP in production: what nobody tells you before you start
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 2w ago
MCP in production: what nobody tells you before you start
MCP (Model Context Protocol) has been getting a lot of attention lately. And for good reason — it's a...
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The hidden cost of "let me pull that data for you"
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 2w ago
The hidden cost of "let me pull that data for you"
Every data-driven team has an unspoken tax. It's not a line item. It's not tracked. But it's...
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