Author: Kevin

Because “just add AI” is not a strategy. It’s a dare that can go very wrong. Let’s Recap the Tour Over this series, we covered: Now it’s time to tie it all together into something usable. Not hype.Not vibes.Not “AI transformation journey.” A blueprint. Cue This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)Because if you’ve done this…

Because your AI didn’t ask for a promotion. It just took one. Last Time on “AI With a Laptop” In Part 1, we agreed: Now we’re gonna take this to the next level. Because once AI proves it can: It starts looking at you like: “So… am I ready for production access?” Easy there, champ.…

Because even machines need their first job — and a stern manager. Note: Stern manager does not mean a micromanager. Why You Need a Junior Analyst, Not a Junior Dictator AI is like that eager intern you hired straight out of Hogwarts… if Hogwarts specialized in SQL and NLP. It can: But – and it’s…

Because “move fast and break things” sounds a lot less cute when the thing you broke is Finance. The Problem Nobody Wants to Admit AI is great at writing SQL. Like… scarily great. It’ll: And then — if you’re not careful — it’ll politely ask: “Should I just run this in production?” That’s when you…

AI is extremely fast.AI is very confident.AI will also look you straight in the eye and say, “Yes, this query is correct,” while quietly summing revenue twice and joining on vibes. This is where Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) comes in — the idea that sometimes, just sometimes, an actual human should be involved before AI does something……

AI is amazing.AI is powerful.AI will also happily spend your entire Snowflake budget in one afternoon if you don’t put it on a leash. Welcome to AI cost control – the phase of the journey where leadership stops asking “What can AI do?” and starts asking “Why did our credit usage look like a Motley…

AI in Snowflake is powerful.AI in Snowflake without guardrails is how you end up explaining to security why an LLM just discovered a table that it absolutely should not have. Think less “Welcome to the Future” and more “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” — until someone forgets who’s actually in charge. This post is…

Part of the Snowflake + AI Practical Series That Keeps Getting Spicier Let’s be honest: If SQL queries were people, half of them would show up to work late, wearing mismatched shoes, smelling faintly of cold brew and guilt. And yet… we trust these things with our financials, our KPIs, our CEO’s dashboard that must…

If you’ve ever asked an LLM to “just write the SQL,” you already know what horror feels like. The query looks fine at first glance… until you discover a join that makes no sense, logic that defies basic business rules, and a confidence level that suggests the AI should lie down for a bit. Welcome…

Part 2 of the Snowflake AI Query Reliability Series If Part 1 was all about protecting yourself from questionable AI-written SQL, Part 2 is where you stop reacting and start training your model to behave. AI will happily generate SQL with the confidence of a ’90s action hero and the accuracy of someone reading your…