When AI Isn't Enough: The Honest List of What Still Requires Human Judgment

Tuesday 11 November 2025
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In This Issue:

  • Why SQLite handles 'enterprise' workloads nobody admits
  • What AI actually can't do (the honest list)
  • Strategic thinking vs pattern execution (the critical gap)
  • When 26 years of expertise beats 20 years of training data
  • The human judgment that compounds AI velocity

Last week I promised to tell you why SQLite is probably enough for your business.

Short answer: it handles 304 database tables, 706 invoices, £120k+ revenue tracking, and 8 active clients without breaking a sweat.

You'd think running a business platform would require PostgreSQL, or MySQL at minimum. Enterprise infrastructure for professional operations. But SQLite - a single-file database - powers my entire SEO intelligence platform. Zero configuration. Zero maintenance. Zero performance issues.

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