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In the rush to adopt artificial intelligence, many organizations have quickly built ethical frameworks, compliance protocols, and technical safeguards. These “guardrails” are necessary, but not sufficient.Because AI isn’t just about algorithms and outputs. It’s about choices, power, and humanity. And that’s where leadership steps in.True responsible AI doesn’t begin with code; it begins with character.The Illusion of Safety Through Policy Alone“Guardrails” suggest containment: as long as the framework stays between the lines, all is well. But AI systems aren’t static; they learn, evolve, and engage in dynamic contexts.While guardrails help prevent obvious failures like bias, hallucinations, or data misuse, they…
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with an organization that was experiencing severe performance issues across both their reporting and transactional systems. Their internal database team had already spent considerable effort troubleshooting the problem but could not find a clear root cause. Performance was consistently poor, especially during periods of high activity. Let us discuss about SQL SERVER Performance Case Study: When MAXDOP = 1 Slowed Down the Entire Business.They contacted me after reading about my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check service. As with all consulting engagements, I began with a thorough review of their SQL Server environment using…
On their own, micro-inefficiencies in DevOps seem negligible. But scale that across hundreds of deployments, sprints and team interactions and you’re suddenly hemorrhaging time, resources and momentum. In a field that lives and dies on iteration speed and system resilience, these micro-inefficiencies are termites in your tech stack — and ignoring them is not an option. This article explores how to identify the invisible inefficiencies in your DevOps lifecycle and what you can actually do to eliminate or work around them without overhauling your stack or team. It’s not about huge transformations or expensive tools. It’s about getting a better return on…
Base58 Encoder and DecoderEncode plain text into Base58 or decode Base58 back to its original form. Encode to Base58 Decode from Base58 Clear All Base58 encoding has always fascinated me because it solves a very practical problem: how do you represent binary data in a way that is compact, human friendly, and avoids look‑alike characters? When I first encountered it while exploring Bitcoin addresses, I noticed that the typical Base64 alphabet contains characters like 0, O, I, and l. Those symbols can be easily confused in print or even on a screen. Base58 eliminates these ambiguities, making it much easier…
Like any other operating system, GNU/Linux has implemented memory management efficiently and even more than that. However, if any process is eating away your memory and you want to clear it, Linux provides a way to flush or clear the RAM cache. In this article, we will explore how to clear RAM memory cache, buffer, and swap space on a Linux system to enhance overall performance. Understanding RAM Memory Cache, Buffer, and Swap Space Let’s explore RAM memory cache, buffer, and swap space on a Linux system. RAM Memory Cache The RAM memory cache is a mechanism used by the…
A survey of 300 IT leaders finds 90% are leading teams that use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to develop applications, with 71% reporting they will not consider hiring application developers who lack AI and machine learning experience.Conducted by the market research firm Dynata on behalf of App Builder, a unit of Infragistics, the survey also finds 45% of survey respondents who lead organizations that don’t currently use AI to build software expect they will be within the year.Overall, the survey finds 30% of respondents reporting that recruiting qualified developers and IT staff is among their top challenges in 2025. Beyond…
ControlMonkey today added a risk index dashboard to its automation platform for managing code created using infrastructure as code (IaC) tools based on open-source Terraform software.Company CEO Aharon Twizer said the IaC Risk Index dashboard, in addition to surfacing vulnerabilities, provides insights into how infrastructure was delivered and whether it has been provisioned using code.That latter issue is especially critical because, despite any tendency developers have to misconfigure infrastructure using Terraform tools, it turns out that ControlMonkey research finds unmanaged infrastructure is twice as likely to have security risks that have not been addressed, said Twizer.In total, the amount of…
There’s a line from The Who that keeps echoing in my head these days: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” It’s oddly fitting for the current state of DevOps — especially when we look at how artificial intelligence (AI) is being harnessed to reimagine, reengineer, and, in some ways, just refine the same core challenges that have plagued developers and DevOps engineers for years.Three recent pieces here on DevOps.com shed light on the wave of AI-driven innovation sweeping across the DevOps landscape. Each offers a snapshot of how both fresh startups and well-established players are attacking the…
No one can deny the fact that the more API is used in the modern software world, the more it has become a security liability. Too often, API vulnerabilities are found at later stages of the cycle, which should have been addressed earlier, contrary to the principles of the Shift Left Approach. Also, where DevOps teams are already part of managing pipelines, unit tests and integration tests, API security should be treated as a shared responsibility now. If DevOps already owns or co-owns speed, quality, stability and infrastructure, then ignoring security becomes a gap in ownership. Let’s dive into detail why…