Notes from what I operate.
Every post starts from an incident, a measured figure, or a decision that had to be made. I record both the date and the source.
- posts published
- 6
- sources cited
- 40
- minutes to read
- 35
- latest post
- 3 Sep 2026
A backup you have not reopened and counted is not a backup
Three nights of logs saying 'database backed up' while the real database held 12,282 rows and the file being copied held 9,027.
operations, data, check gates
6 minutes7 sourcesEditing a live website from Telegram, with a human still approving
A Telegram bot edits prices and contact details on the site; I press Approve and the new version ships.
check gates, ai with a human approver, operations
6 minutes10 sourcesThe app felt slow on phones: the cause was having no loading screen
Database queries at 67 to 266 milliseconds, and 0 loading screens across 23 pages.
performance, erp, operations
7 minutes8 sourcesThe database was empty and the screen still showed 1,000 projects
On 17 July 2026 the production database was empty across all 20 tables and the screen still showed 1,000 projects.
erp, data, ai with a human approver
6 minutes6 sourcesThe test suite passed without loading a single page
The automated check loaded 0 of 8 pages and still reported a pass.
check gates, operations, ai with a human approver
7 minutes7 sourcesWhy loan rates cannot be collected automatically the way deposit rates can
I checked 16 lending pages at major banks: 3 published a promotional rate with the term it applies to.
lãi suất 24h, data, operations
3 minutes2 sources
- ai with a human approver
- check gates
- data
- erp
- lãi suất 24h
- operations
- performance