Month: December 2025
Windows 11 Clipboard Sync
Windows 11 Clipboard Sync: the feature that uploads everything you copy.Windows 11 has a handy feature called Clipboard History, it lets you see and reuse things you’ve copied recently.But there’s a catch most people miss:Cloud sync is ON by default.That means everything you copy, passwords, bank details, private messages, addresses, it all gets uploaded to…
Read MoreTemporary Tables
Temporary Tables still there 5 years later.Why your junior dev’s temporary table is still there 5 years later We’ve all seen it: a table named tmp_orders_2020, test_customers_backup, or temp_report_john, created just for a quick test, but still sitting in production years later, full of outdated data, wasting space and confusing everyone. In my 35 years…
Read MoreWindows 11 Recall
Windows 11 Recall: why you (probably) don’t have it, and why that’s good for privacyYou may have heard about Windows Recall, Microsoft’s new AI feature that takes screenshots of your screen every few seconds, stores them locally, and lets you search your PC activity like a timeline. It sounds useful for some… but it raised…
Read MoreDatabase Normalization
Database Normalization: Great Servant, Terrible Master Normalization is one of the most preached concepts in database design. Many SQL gurus treat it like a religion: chase the highest normal form (5NF or even 6NF) at all costs. But in the real world, especially in OLTP systems (online transaction processing) and even many analytics setups, blind…
Read MoreSQL is not a Programming Language
SQL is not a Programming Language. You’ve probably heard someone say “I know SQL” when asked about programming languages. Or maybe you’ve seen job ads listing SQL next to Python, Java, or C#. Technically, they’re wrong. SQL is not a programming language.It’s a query language, and that difference is its greatest strength. Let me explain…
Read MoreWindows Command Prompt Part 3
Windows Command Prompt Part 3: Rename, Wildcards ?, Search Subfolders, and saving Output to FilesWelcome to the final chapter (for now!) of my Command Prompt series. In Part 1 we covered navigation (CD) and listing (DIR with * wildcards).Part 2 showed copying, moving, and deleting. Today: renaming files, the ? wildcard, searching subfolders, and saving…
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