Topic: Data Integrity

Found 5 entries.

• Stop “Fixing” Data by Hand: Why Your Manual Overwrites Are Creating a Black Hole

  A tiny manual tweak feels harmless, but it destroys the audit trail. We explore why 'hard-coding' corrections creates a future mystery that no one can solve.

• My Rant About Screenshots as Evidence: They Are Not Records

  A screenshot is a picture of a claim, not proof of a fact. To an auditor, a PNG file is unverifiable noise. We demand the source export.

• Daylight Saving Time Is Not a Feature. It Is an Ambush.

  Why the bi-annual clock change is a threat to data integrity, and how to prevent 'The Phantom Hour' from corrupting your payroll and logs.

• Sync Failed, Friday Afternoon

  Silence is dangerous. When an app doesn't tell you the sync failed, you find out on Monday morning. We need loud, visual status indicators.

• The Timezone Checklist for Forms, Spreadsheets, and PDFs

  A practical guide to stopping time-based data corruption. Use this checklist before you design your next form or report.