Reflections from the SQLBits 2026 panel, Newport. The chair’s answers I never got to give. Last Friday at SQLBits in Newport, I chaired a panel called “Will AI Replace Us?” Five panellists, four themes, eight set questions and an hour on the clock. Andy Cutler, Eugene Meidinger, Deepthi Goguri, Tori Tompkins and Johnny Winter did the … [Read more…]
There is one moment that often occurs. Enter the mountain map in Roblox with the expectation of “wow, this will be fun”, but a few minutes later you’re just wandering around aimlessly. Wrong jump, fall, repeat again. Not because the game is bad, but because the map chosen is not appropriate for the level. This … [Read more…]
Stop Typing Rubbish into AI — There’s a Better Way How to use prompt frameworks to get genuinely useful answers from ChatGPT, Copilot, or any AI tool — without any technical knowledge. Gethyn Ellis 8 min read Free tool included Most people use AI the same way they use a search engine. They type a … [Read more…]
Honestly, one of the most annoying moments in the Honor of Kings ranking was not losing because of skill but losing because of the wrong choice of hero in the wrong patch. I was stuck on Platinum for weeks just because I kept using heroes that were no longer relevant in the meta, while the … [Read more…]
Companion piece to the “Will AI Replace Us?” SQLBits 2026 panel. My answers, in full, to the audience questions we ran out of time for. Will AI Replace Us? The SQLBits Questions We Didn’t Get To When I chaired the “Will AI Replace Us?” panel at SQLBits Newport on Friday, the audience submitted twenty-four questions … [Read more…]