Monthly Archives: October 2025

The Selfish Case for Learning AI

Posted on October 31, 2025 by way0utwest

I ran across this article on a survey about AI usage recently. The headline is this: 55% of businesses admit wrong decisions in making employees redundant when bringing AI into the workforce. That sounds a little ominous for those making … Continue reading →

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A New Word: Foilsick

Posted on October 31, 2025 by way0utwest

foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to someone – allowing them too clear a view of your pettiness, your anger, your cowardice, your childlike vulnerability – wishing you could somewhat take back the … Continue reading →

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Reducing Cloud Cost

Posted on October 29, 2025 by way0utwest

Cloud costs are high and growing. Some orgs think they’re out of control and are trying to limit spend. Some orgs are looking to leave the cloud. A lot of IT spend over the years has been seen as a … Continue reading →

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A Small LLM Fail

Posted on October 29, 2025 by way0utwest

Another test with Copilot in SSMS (v22 P3) that didn’t go so well. This one surprised me. This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems. Looking for Known Data with Copilot One of the things I wanted … Continue reading →

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