Mullins Consulting, Inc.

09/06/2026

Useful New Book on Data Science and AI

Data Science, Interactive Visualizations, and Generative AI Tools for the Analysis of Qualitative, Mixed-Methods, and Multimodal Evidence by Manuel González Canché is a timely and ambitious examination of how modern data science and AI techniques can be brought into qualitative and mixed-methods research without forcing researchers to become programmers. Published by Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann in 2026, the book emphasizes a local, no-code approach that makes sophisticated analytical techniques more accessible while maintaining privacy, methodological rigor, and researcher control....

Data Science, Interactive Visualizations, and Generative AI Tools for the Analysis of Qualitative, Mixed-Methods, and Multimodal Evidence by Manuel González Canché is a timely and ambitious examina…

08/25/2026

What Does a DBA Really Do? More Than You Might Think!

Ask someone in IT what a database administrator does and you are likely to get a fairly simple answer: “They take care of the database.” Well, yes. But that is a little like saying an airline pilot “takes care of the airplane.” Database administration is one of those disciplines whose complexity is often hidden from everyone except the people actually doing the work....

Ask someone in IT what a database administrator does and you are likely to get a fairly simple answer: “They take care of the database.” Well, yes. But that is a little like saying an airline pilot…

07/27/2026

07/20/2026

Db2 Locking Explained in 90 Seconds
https://db2portal.blogspot.com/2026/07/db2-locking-explained-in-90-seconds.html

Think your enterprise application is running slow because of "aging hardware" or "insufficient CPU"? Think again. In my experience, I’ve fou...

07/13/2026

The 5 Most Expensive Database Mistakes Enterprises Make

After many years of working with enterprise database systems, one thing has become abundantly clear: organizations rarely lose money because of a single catastrophic database failure. More often, they lose it a little at a time through poor design decisions, neglected maintenance, and forgotten best practices. I've reviewed database environments across many different industries including banking, insurance, retail, manufacturing and government agencies....

After many years of working with enterprise database systems, one thing has become abundantly clear: organizations rarely lose money because of a single catastrophic database failure. More often, t…

07/09/2026

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07/08/2026

The Difference Between a “Slow Query” and a “Slow Design”

One of the most common requests a DBA receives is deceptively simple: "Can you tune this slow query?" Sometimes the answer is yes. But just as often, the real problem isn't the SQL statement at all. Sometimes it's the design. Understanding the difference between a slow query and a slow design is one of the most important distinctions a database professional can make....

One of the most common requests a DBA receives is deceptively simple: “Can you tune this slow query?” Sometimes the answer is yes. But just as often, the real problem isn’t the SQ…

07/06/2026

The Most Overlooked Performance Metric

If I had to identify a single most overlooked Db2 performance metric, it would be GETPAGEs . Many organizations focus on CPU utilization, ...

07/06/2026

Why “Good Enough” Data Is No Longer Good Enough
-- Joseph Wilson, CB Herald

Highlights from Craig S. Mullins' New Book The Cost of "Good Enough" Data