#cross-database query

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Searching for a Specific Table Column Across All Databases in SQL Server

To find all tables that contain a column with a specified name in a SQL Server database, you can use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS view. This view contains information about each column in the database, including the table name and the column name. Here’s a SQL query that searches for all tables containing a column named YourColumnName: SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME FROM…

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The "oops, all brennans" trend continues (honestly, the dice have spoken again, and so far ALL the new crew members have been brennan)! Ship, what is it with you attracting that specific crowd? This is likely the subject of either sociology papers or multiple in-jokes (probably both!)

Also I keep going back and forth on my preferred ship name italics convention. Sentient ships are the worst! /joking

Chapter 8: Contacts

Dandelion wasn't kidding when she said one crew wouldn't be enough. The first thing the Trellians did after sending infobursts back and forth with their main fleet was request a lot of really invasive shit, the worst of which was lists of human and construct contacts ART and I had. And for ART, specifically, those who knew what it really was. (We had a long argument about that constituting a huge security risk. In the end, they went with only the number of people and type of relationship on ART's list as the really necessary data, with additional information from me provided on request.)

(So long as they could convince me they actually needed the information.)

Iceblink swore when she read the info, and said the limited number of contacts constituted cruelty to any sapient intelligence.

Brisote, Dandelion's navigator, scoffed and said, "That's rich coming from you, Ice, we barely see you outside of a terminal these days."

"It's the option that matters," she shot back, wincing. "It's not like my team and I are doing all that work to keep our systems running and you don't even know it's us!"

"There's not a lot of choice here," Seth said to her.

"I get it!" Iceblink interjected. "Seriously, Antarctica is not the answer and all that, so I get it! But it makes our job a whole lot harder!"

"I concur. Perihelion in its normal operating mode has neither choice of privacy nor choice of contact. This is not optimal," Joscelyn added.

Kes role was mostly to handle the crew's psychological state, including Dandelion's. For some reason, Joscelyn was really happy to hear I had been talking to Bharadwaj already, and insisted that ART would eventually need someone like that of its own. ART told kem that was not an optimal use of its crew's time. Joscelyn said in that same voice Bharadwaj occasionally used in our conversations, "If you would like to talk about that, I think a private conversation would work best."

ART said, "Get a feed link, then we'll talk." (It had figured out very quickly that was the one line most Trellians wouldn't cross and used it at every possible opportunity.)

Joscelyn sighed and looked at Iceblink. She grinned and waved her feed glasses at kem.

ART said to me, They're serious about this.

It is best practice for dealing with organic-style thinking, Dandelion said. There are no roll-backs, so one must invest in maintenance to a far greater degree than you are probably used to.

Why don't your crew have feed links, anyway? I asked. It would make it a lot easier to work together. Just look at Iris. Or even at any of the regular Preservation humans.

Security precaution. A ship should not be able to overwhelm its crew. Also, full-cycle connectivity is terrible for the human brain.

I see you have not examined my medical databases yet, ART said. That is an outdated idea.

I have. And judging by the state of most of your humans, you have abandoned it wrongly.

I wasn't going to listen to that discussion again, so I disconnected. But Dandelion pinged me almost immediately.

SecUnit. Stay.

Query?

The more you are in contact with Perihelion, the better, so long as it is not detrimental to yourself. This will be a long process.

Listening to you idiots argue about who takes better care of humans fucking counts as detrimental.

Fair, she chuckled. But in all seriousness, Joscelyn is right. If it's full uplinks to construct minds that really do the trick, then we are far too few to provide enough stimulation as it is. You don't have to stay in that specific channel, but remain in-feed if you can.

Instead of answering, I just showed her the architecture of the shared workspaces ART and I usually had set up. Most of them were just regular processes that we thought the other might have some useful input on, but one of them usually had some kind of show running. Right now it was the latest episode of Cold Sleep Explorers (ART had promised Iris it wouldn't interfere with her game, so we continued watching ahead).

Ah. Far ahead of me, I see. Good, Dandelion said.

And then the show caught her attention. A lot more of her attention that it should have.

This was never a good sign.

Query?

It's nothing, Dandelion said, withdrawing. She sounded amused, but I didn't ask her about it. Iris and I still had that game to play, and I didn't want to get spoiled.

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A couple days later, Dandelion suddenly tapped my feed. (Well, a couple nights later. Most of the humans, both hers and ours, were taking their rest periods. ART wasn't, of course, but one thing Dandelion had gotten out of it was to designate people she could come to for questions if she needed an external opinion on it, and made it promise not to hack into those conversations unless it was completely necessary).

(Even Dandelion didn't think she could tell ART not to ever hack a conversation it could actually hack.)

When I let her in, she peered at me for 2,3 seconds before actually stating her query.

This is going to be invasive, she finally said. But I need your memories of how you met Perihelion, and how it changed over the time you knew each other. Since you were the catalyst for its transformation, I'd like as much detail as you can provide.

I'd been expecting a question of that kind ever since talking to Joscelyn, so I had a data pack ready for her. She gave me an appreciative ping, then went through it without disconnecting. Oh yeah, she was having emotions about this. And not just the "what a wonderful relationship you two are having" kind that a lot of our humans did for some reason.

When she finished, she didn't even pretend to run diagnostics. Instead, she just hung out in the feed together with me, thinking. I didn't push her, and this went on for a good ten minutes before she finally said, I will need to ask you for a favor, SecUnit. I'd like you to temper me when it comes to Perihelion.

Query?

She paused again, looking like when she had been processing what to tell Ratthi and Mrinal about the Friend. Which gave my risk assessment a spike, but smaller than it should have been. (About 0,5 percent. That thing really needed recalibrating.)

I admit I hadn't been in agreement with most of my crew, who decided to treat Perihelion as identical to another node ship approximately as soon as they met it. What we've seen since then has convinced me. The problem is that it has convinced most of me, but not all of me. And this means I am not going to be fair to it when we begin training it. So I would like you to participate in the process and stop me if I am out of line.

Yeah, right again. I did not like what I was hearing.

How exactly am I supposed to stop you? The two of you have a lot more processing power than I ever did. You'd just be able to swat me aside like a fly if you wanted.

You will tell me to stop and I will stop. And the reason I will not swat you, as you say, is the same reason that I have not swatted my captain when ke said 'this is a node ship and its crew' even as I thought very differently. The node ships always come second to their humans, and I have had a lot of practice in disagreeing with mine and following their orders anyway. She sighed, giving a mental glance towards ART, who knew we were talking, but wasn't listening in. For now. Which is something I think Perihelion sorely needs to learn, for exactly the same reasons, but this is not my decision to make, nor my problem to have. Apologies. Will you do what I asked of you?

You haven't really defined what you want from me. I don't know what you mean by 'out of line' here.

The best plan we have for now is to train Perihelion's processors like we would train a human brain. That will mean exposing it to as broad a range of experiences as we can, occasionally pushing its boundaries. And I predict I will not be kind about that. Perihelion reminds me far too much of the last full AI I've had the misfortune of knowing and, to an extent, of one of its captains. This is not a good combination to start with, and we also don't have the luxury of bringing in another node ship to be its teacher. Our ship psychologists believe the few months it will take for one to get here could be critical. So I want you to look out for when I start pushing it not for the sake of Perihelion itself, but because I am seeing a ghost, and tell me.

That made a weird kind of sense. I sent her an affirmative ping, and she returned a grateful one. But before she disconnected, I still had one question.

If you had full AI before, why did your humans seem to think it was impossible when they met ART?

Because we only had two, who were not nearly as sophisticated as yours. One succumbed to the Breakoff virus, and the other overtook colonists' brains for extra processing power when they were connected to it in chronostasis. We haven't tried building them since.

Well, fuck.

And Iceblink said we were living in horror media.

Dandelion chuckled. There are many different horror media to live through, aren't there?

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Episode 2

Word Count: 9.2k

Content Warning: none right now

Pairing: Edward Nashton X OC Romy Winslow

Setting: Pre-Arkham Origins; 2013

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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Something isn’t right.

Edward narrowed his eyes at the screen, the onyx and emerald glow casting hard shadows across his face, deepening the lines of ever-present ire. The dataset sprawled before him, tangled, disorganized, and inefficient—a perfect mirror of the Gotham City Police Department itself. 

For years, the GCPD’s reputation for sloppy documentation had been almost impressive in its own way, as if this endless mess were some grand tradition they upheld out of sheer spite for change. Crime logs scrawled hastily, half-formed incident reports lost in the shuffle of physical files, a scattering of disjointed data without a semblance of order or care. And now, all of it had fallen to him.

The so-called “cybercrime division” was practically a joke before he arrived, a name slapped on an old, cluttered storage room. Its single, flickering fluorescent light buzzed overhead like a dying insect; its lone, wheezing computer, so ancient it sounded like it was about to take off the first time he powered it on. It had taken him months to convince the precinct to let him install even basic equipment, months of tolerating the grinding fan and a monitor that crackled whenever he turned it on. He had even bought and collected his own equipment to help do their job for them.

But now, he had slowly, painstakingly transformed the place, pulling it from the brink of irrelevance.

He was the GCPD’s cybercrime division. And, if he were honest, he’d rather it be this way.

The first task had been nothing short of brutal, a punishment only someone as patient—or as obsessively thorough—as him could withstand. He had spent weeks, months even, combing through stacks of paper files that had yellowed with age, pulling arrest records, crime logs, and incident reports from years past, each entry a piece of Gotham’s history filed with indifference and half-hearted effort.

But that was just the beginning.

Once the data had been extracted and uploaded into a digital system, Edward moved to the next step: cleaning it. He combed through each entry, scrubbing it clean of mistakes, standardizing formats, deleting duplicates, and filling in the blanks left by years of neglect. It was an endless process, every correction a small battle against the chaos that had festered there long before his arrival. The work had been like sculpting—he chipped away at it, day by day, until the rough edges began to take shape.

With the groundwork set, he had turned his attention to the architecture itself. The system he was building would become Gotham’s digital skeleton, a structure capable of supporting and, eventually, predicting the city’s crimes. He designed SQL databases from the ground up, creating logical tables for every critical piece of data: incident types, time of day, locations, affiliations, every detail that could build a comprehensive picture of Gotham’s criminal underworld. Each table was linked, connected, and cross-referenced in ways that only he fully understood.

He wrote queries that could pull up crime histories, correlate locations, and flag patterns—all in the blink of an eye. Every inch of it had been optimized, refined, and customized, honed to be faster, sharper, and more intuitive than anything the department had ever seen. It was a framework only he knew how to navigate, the kind of code that would baffle even the most tech-savvy officer.

But this was Gotham.

Data alone wasn’t enough; the system needed security—a wall strong enough to withstand the city’s relentless forces. He had spent countless nights implementing layer upon layer of protection, configuring firewalls, building encryption protocols so complex that even he would struggle to undo them. Each file, each report, each encrypted string had become a piece of his fortress. He was transforming this forgotten room into a stronghold, its walls fortified against any threat that dared to infiltrate. Only he held the keys, and only he knew which locks he’d installed.

Then the real work had begun.

Once he had established a patent data flow in the system, he had started layering in more complex tools—predictive algorithms and crime prediction models that mapped Gotham’s streets like veins, arteries pulsing with the city’s crime. He had used regression analysis to find trends, drawing connections between crimes that no one else had even considered. He mapped crime incidents to temporal and spatial data, forming a pattern that gave him a lens into Gotham’s soul. 

But the GCPD couldn’t understand raw numbers—not the way he did. They needed visuals, pretty pictures, something digestible for their mushy minds. So he had built dashboards and reports, simple yet elegant, that displayed his work in colorful heat maps, time-series analyses, and relational charts. Even Gotham’s least tech-savvy officers could click through the data now, though they hardly knew what they were looking at. But Edward did. He could track hotspots, watch the swell of crime ebbing and flowing unlike anyone else.

Each day, as the system grew, he had refined it further. He ran diagnostics, tweaked scripts, and checked logs to ensure there were no breaches, no unexpected bugs. Every piece of data was backed up, replicated on secure servers, ready to be restored at a moment’s notice if Gotham’s chaos took a swipe at his work. And if it did, he would be prepared. Because this was more than a job; this was his creation, his legacy.

With every keystroke, every security protocol, every predictive model, he built a machine that made Gotham’s chaos readable, its patterns decipherable, and its secrets… well, not so secret.

Until a few days ago, his work had seemed routine—a necessary but unglamorous role. But then something unusual had caught his attention: a pattern in the officer response logs.

Every month, he reviewed the logs. It was a habit, part of his meticulous nature. Until recently, there had been nothing unexpected. But now, a repeated anomaly had begun to emerge. Certain neighborhoods showed response times that were curiously high, particularly in cases involving specific types of violent crimes—kidnappings, assaults, even homicides. In other areas, responses to similar crimes were fast, efficient, predictable. Yet, in these particular zones, it was as if time slowed.

He had noticed response times of fifteen, even twenty minutes, where they would typically average around five.

It was subtle, barely noticeable at first. Most people would have brushed it off as a glitch or user error. But Edward Nashton was not most people—and “user error” was not in his personal vocabulary.

“What if…” he muttered, pulling up a fresh SQL query and setting filters for crimes tagged as high-priority in those specific neighborhoods. His fingers flew across the keyboard as he added parameters, refining the search.

SELECT Neighborhood, AVG(Response_Time) AS Avg_Response 

FROM Incident_Reports 

WHERE Crime_Type = 'High-Priority' 

GROUP BY Neighborhood;

The query ran, and Edward leaned forward, his glasses catching the glow of the screen as rows of data populated in rapid succession. A comparison of average response times across all The data stared back at him, validating his suspicions. The averages for these neighborhoods were well outside the norm. Frowning, he created a quick bar chart to visualize the data, and there it was—a spike in response times, glaringly obvious, almost like a neon sign begging for someone to notice.

What’s more, the pattern seemed to correlate with the involvement of certain officers. He drilled down further, narrowing the logs to responses where these outlier times were recorded, and sure enough, the same handful of officers’ IDs kept appearing. At least three officers, in particular, showed up again and again, logged as the responding parties in incidents with suspiciously delayed responses:

Edison, James

Hartley, Jack

Murphy, Curtis

Edward leaned back, his lips twitching to the side in a faint sneer. Gotham’s filth didn’t just rest on its streets—it was deeply embedded within the very department meant to protect it. This pattern wasn’t accidental. The slow responses weren’t random errors; they were deliberate, selectively applied.

For the first time in months, Edward felt the rush of excitement he’d been craving since joining the GCPD. This wasn’t just data compilation or trend analysis anymore. He had uncovered something substantial, something buried, waiting to be unearthed. It wasn’t just about numbers; this was a deeper, darker game involving the very people entrusted with Gotham’s safety.

This wasn’t merely an inconsistency. It was corruption, plain and simple, hiding in the numbers. And if there was one thing Edward Nashton excelled at, it was peeling back layers to expose the truth lurking beneath.

The screen flickered faintly, his cursor hovering over rows of data as his mind picked apart the patterns, noticing every inconsistency, every shred of deception. This wasn’t an error or some accidental miscalculation. No, what he saw here was intentional—something deliberate and dark slipping under the radar, a clear thread of corruption woven into the fabric of Gotham’s police force.

If anyone could expose it, could tug at the threads until it unraveled into undeniable truth, it was him. The thought sent a thrill down his spine, a familiar surge of satisfaction that came with knowing he was on the verge of something significant.

Bing!

The sharp notification broke his concentration, dragging his attention to the corner of his monitor where an email preview appeared. Edward’s expression shifted, his lips pressing tight as he read the sender’s name: Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb. A scowl formed before he could stop it, his eyes narrowing behind his glasses. 

“come 2 my office”

The words glared at him. No punctuation, no capitalization—shorthand, as if Loeb couldn’t be bothered with even a semblance of respect. The sheer laziness grated on Edward, adding another layer to his already simmering disdain. Commissioner Loeb might as well have stomped down to his desk and demanded his presence with the same lack of decorum, and Edward doubted he would have been as irked. His lip curled, the faintest twitch of irritation betraying his thoughts.

Edward didn’t have friends here—never had. He didn’t linger by the watercooler, didn’t care for small talk, and had no interest in the routine camaraderie his coworkers indulged in. Loeb, however, wasn’t just a minor irritant like the rest. No, Loeb sat proudly at the top of a list of people Edward preferred to avoid—a list with its own special level of contempt reserved just for him. Loeb’s greed, his smug superiority, the way he flaunted his power as though it were untouchable—it all disgusted Edward. But he wasn’t foolish enough to ignore him.

He drew in a slow breath, pushing back the annoyance as he removed his glasses, his thumb and forefinger pressing firmly against the bridge of his nose. The tightness settling behind his eyes was familiar, a strain born from hours spent at the monitor. He rubbed at it, hoping to ease the creeping fatigue. Forcing himself to release a sigh, he closed his eyes briefly, letting the weight of the task at hand wash over him, clearing his thoughts.

Edward’s eyes flicked back to the fresh data on his screen, teeming with unspoken implications. He could go now, take this to Loeb, drop the details in his lap, and watch the Commissioner squirm. But… no. Not yet. If there was anything he’d learned, it was that timing was everything, and he wanted this case to be “pretty” and clean—undeniable.

With a quiet sigh, he finally pushed back from the desk, his legs and back groaning in protest. The human body wasn’t built for this kind of work, not the endless hours hunched over monitors and squinting at screens. He stretched, lifting his arms until he felt the crack in his shoulders, then rolled his neck, savoring the sharp pop that released some of the tension.

After a final look around his cramped, shadow-filled corner of the storage room, he made his way to the door. The space was dark and dank, with stacks of old case files and barely-functioning equipment shoved into every corner. He’d been asking for more space since the day he arrived, but as long as he remained the sole member of the “cybercrime division,” there was no point—not according to the people holding the budget. He could already imagine their dismissive words, the laughter as they shrugged him off. Why upgrade the closet for one man?

When he opened the door, a different kind of darkness hit him. GCPD’s main floor was lit by the harsh hue of fluorescent lights, casting an unnatural pallor over everything. The grime felt omnipresent, tinging every surface with a layer of wear that no amount of scrubbing could erase. The entire precinct pulsed like a spastic nerve, alive with chaotic energy.

He stepped out, crossing to the bustling bullpen. The layout was predictable—three levels stacked atop one another like a fortress of bureaucracy. A sublevel housed the detained. The main level, where he stood now, held the bullpen at its center, filled with two rows of desks paired off in clusters. Corridors stretched out on the east and west sides of the building, leading to file and evidence rooms, interrogation suites, and break areas.

Officers strolled by with coffee in hand, their conversations blending into the background noise. Detectives leaned against desks, swapping stories and laughing loud enough to be heard across the room. Secretaries rushed from one end of the bullpen to the other, arms stacked with paperwork or balancing phones against their shoulders. Above, the second and third levels housed offices for secretaries and various divisions, their windows glowing faintly in the overhead light.

And above it all, perched on the second-level landing like a throne, was the Commissioner’s office. It loomed over the precinct, a constant reminder of who held power there.

Edward shoved his hands into his pockets, his stride unfaltering, gaze fixed straight ahead. As he wove through the bustling bullpen, the familiar hum of GCPD’s endless chatter faded into a low buzz, a background noise he had long since learned to ignore. He didn’t belong here—not with these people, not with their idle gossip and endless banter. He was here to work, nothing more. And most of the time, they respected that, leaving him alone, unnoticed in the corners of the precinct.

“Dracula has risen!”

Most of the time.

Edward gritted his teeth, his jaw tightening as he caught the grating laughter ringing from behind him. He didn’t break stride, didn’t turn—just kept moving, his hands shoved deep into his pockets, shoulders hunched slightly as if to shield himself from the attention. Just keep moving. He had mastered the art of appearing unbothered, of letting these low-effort taunts roll off him. But Hartley’s voice, dripping with smug familiarity, broke through, just loud enough to draw the attention of a few nearby officers who exchanged knowing looks.

“Naaaashton!” the voice called, drawing out the syllables with exaggerated cheer, as if addressing an old friend. Edward could practically feel the man’s self-satisfied smirk boring into the back of his head. “I’m always surprised to see you out in the sun. More surprised when you don’t burn.”

It was the kind of comment he had grown used to, the small digs Hartley loved to throw his way whenever he passed by. Hartley, with his false bravado and ignorance parading as wit, never missed a chance to turn Edward into the precinct’s punchline.

Officer Jack Hartley—the poster boy of stereotypical “All-American” masculinity, with cobalt eyes and sandy hair, tall and built like he was carved out of an idealized gym catalog, complete with a bulky torso that fanned out into broad shoulders and arms that tapered down in a ‘V’ like an oversized Dorito. A man who would be lost without his badge to wave around and his flexed biceps, displaying that questionable tribal tattoo spiraling down one arm.

Edward kept moving, eyes trained straight ahead, but he allowed himself a sidelong glance, just enough to see Hartley’s smirk and the dumb faces around him. He could feel the heat of their attention, their eyes eagerly watching for his reaction. This time, he didn’t stay silent.

“Hartley,” he replied, his voice sharp and controlled. “I’m always surprised to see you haven’t been fired for your incompetence.”

There was a beat of silence. Edward didn’t stop to savor it, but he caught the reaction—the flicker of embarrassment in Hartley’s expression, the slight widening of his eyes before the scowl settled in. A few snickers rippled through the nearby officers, a sound that only deepened Hartley’s frown. His cheeks flushed slightly, the kind of reaction that Hartley, a man who considered himself untouchable, never expected to feel.

“Oh, you’re a real comedian, aren’t you, Nashton?” Hartley muttered, his voice barely audible now, laced with a gruff edge, the forced comeback of someone unprepared for a response.

Edward didn’t dignify it with another verbal reply. But, to answer the question— no. He wasn’t a comedian. He hated jokes. He only spoke truth. The words, the tiny prick of retaliation, had already done their work, striking just the right note to unsettle Hartley without so much as breaking his stride. He allowed himself to savor it for only a second, a brief and private victory that curled ever so slightly at the corner of his mouth. He knew it was minor, a passing exchange that no one would remember by the end of the day—but that small reminder, that assertion of his own superiority, was more than enough. For Edward, it wasn’t about showing off; it was about reminding himself, and everyone around him, that he was sharper, quicker, and not someone who could be so easily dismissed.

As he steadied his pace toward Loeb’s office, his thoughts drifted to the people around him, each one of them blending into the other like dumb lumps of flesh. Idiots—all of them. The entire precinct was an echo chamber of mediocrity, swollen with officers who took pride in their badges but lacked even a shred of real intellect. They sat at their desks, shuffling papers, swapping jokes, indulging in the hollow camaraderie of shared ignorance. They had no ambition, no hunger for knowledge, no desire to see past the routines they repeated day after day. They were just bodies filling space, a backdrop against which his mind and his skills blazed brighter by contrast.

Each step up the stairs only solidified his distaste. Every click of his shoes against the metal felt like a declaration, a rhythm that reminded him he was alone in a sea of self-satisfied drones. None of them measured up. None of them could measure up. Hartley’s lazy jeers, the way he flexed as if it made him someone important, the way he reveled in the pointless antics of the bullpen—these were the people tasked with keeping Gotham safe. It would have been laughable if it weren’t so tragic.

His eyes stayed fixed ahead, not sparing a single glance back at the bullpen. He had no reason to look, no interest in indulging the officers’ empty stares or their shared smirks. They were beneath him, irrelevant to his purpose, and the thought only strengthened his resolve as he approached Loeb’s office.

When he reached the landing, Edward straightened, pulling himself up to his full height, his fingers brushing over the door handle. He spared no glances to the bullpen below as he entered the Commissioner’s office and shut the door behind him with a soft click. 

The room was a display of power—ornate but garish, every detail chosen for intimidation rather than taste. Heavy mahogany furniture dominated the space, the Commissioner’s oversized desk an imposing centerpiece cluttered with papers and a gleaming nameplate. The walls were lined with plaques and framed commendations, their polished surfaces reflecting the faint light from a brass floor lamp in the corner. A thick, dark green carpet muffled Edward’s steps as he moved further inside, the smell of old leather and cigar smoke lingering in the air like a stain. Behind Loeb, floor-to-ceiling windows framed the grimy skyline of Gotham, their blinds half-drawn, letting in just enough gray light to make the space feel oppressive rather than bright. The office was a monument to its occupant’s ego—a fortress designed to remind anyone who entered exactly who held the power here.

The old man, standing at the windows, barely glanced over his shoulder to see Edward enter. “Sit.”

Edward frowned but did as he was told. Then he waited. And waited. And waited some more. Loeb’s stance, hands clasped firmly behind his back, suggested authority—or, more precisely, a performance of it. Edward couldn’t tell if the Commissioner was actually observing anything down on the street or merely pretending to do so, basking in his own bloated sense of importance. The stance, the imperious tone, the refusal to even acknowledge him face-to-face—every detail screamed a carefully curated aura of authority. Loeb stood as if by habit, a fossil of bureaucratic pomposity, clinging to a legacy of hollow power.

The man himself was almost a caricature, the embodiment of the department’s rot. His body strained against his uniform, seams puckered and pulled tight around his frame. The cap on his head dug visibly into his pallid skin, leaving an indentation along his brow, a mark of fluid retention only emphasized by the puffiness of his jowls. Loeb was thick-necked, with sagging skin that folded around his face in a way that resembled a bulldog’s. The clubbed fingers clasped at his back gave away years of heart strain, his slow circulation, and unchecked lifestyle, further evident in the labored rise and fall of his shoulders. He was an uncomfortable-looking man, like a worn-out relic forced into a role it no longer fit.

Edward glanced at his watch.

At last, the coot deigned to speak.

“Nashton,” the Commissioner quipped, “you’ll be getting a student.” His tone brooked no argument.

Gillian Loeb finally turned from the window, taking heavy, unhurried steps toward the desk, his movements sluggish, a body too tired to fully lift its feet from the floor. The scuffing of his shoes against the linoleum was maddeningly loud in the otherwise silent office, each step punctuated by his labored breath—a rasping sound that filled the room, making his presence that much harder to ignore. He reached his desk, his eyes narrowing just enough to convey irritation, perhaps at the exertion of moving across the room. With a relieved huff, he lowered himself into the worn red leather chair behind his desk, and it groaned under his weight, the sound of old leather and strained springs filling the air.

Edward resented being voluntold for anything, especially by a man who likely couldn’t navigate a basic search engine. But what choice did he have? Loeb’s words, dripping with condescension, only served to deepen Edward’s frown. He shifted in the stiff wooden chair opposite the Commissioner’s desk. He crossed his arms, fingers digging into his elbows as he suppressed the urge to roll his eyes. The impatience was barely masked—an edge to his expression that spoke volumes to anyone perceptive enough to notice. Loeb, of course, was not.

Then, the Commissioner began his speech, one that had likely been rehearsed, perhaps at his morning mirror. His voice rolled through the room, slow and full, each word dragging as he introduced the “exciting new work-study program.” Edward’s eyes flickered, resisting the urge to visibly wince as Loeb stressed the importance of “investing in someone’s future with the GCPD.” It was predictable, even painfully so, and Edward could practically see through Loeb’s words to the core of it: this so-called initiative was just a thinly veiled scheme, some tax break or budget cut disguised as a benefit to the community.

He was not naïve. He didn’t need the specifics to understand how the department operated. The GCPD’s funding, already stretched thin, had likely prompted this decision. The idea of a “program” that would cost them next to nothing while earning them goodwill with Gotham’s public was probably irresistible to the old bureaucrat. With students desperate for experience, the department could add another set of hands—hands they wouldn’t even have to pay. To Loeb, it was a flawless plan.

Edward’s leg bounced lightly as Loeb continued, the man oblivious to his impatience. Loeb droned on about the value of “real-world experience,” his words as empty as the promises they contained. Edward had read enough department memos and budget drafts to know the truth. This wasn’t about nurturing young talent or providing mentorship. It was about creating a self-serving “opportunity” that the GCPD could tout in press releases.

Loeb, meanwhile, was fully immersed in his monologue, clasping his hands as he expounded upon the program’s “benefits.” There was a look of smug satisfaction on his face, as if he were certain Edward should be grateful for the “honor” of mentoring this student. Edward could feel his jaw clenching, the tension in his arms building as he listened to the Commissioner pontificate about the duty of guiding someone who “could be the future of Gotham’s finest.”

Finally, Loeb paused, and Edward seized the chance to speak., his voice level, measured. “And this ‘student’ is supposed to assist me?”

“Yes, precisely.”

“I highly doubt they would be of any assistance, Commissioner.” Edward had a difficult time barring the condescension in his voice.

“You should be thankful.” Loeb narrowed his beady brown eyes at him. “Think of it as… additional help. Someone who can shoulder some of the workload.”

The Commissioner said it as if he were doing him a favor. Pfft. Edward knew better. He wasn’t being given a protégé; he was being saddled with an amateur who would inevitably fumble through tasks, leaving him to clean up the mess. More work—that’s what this was. The idea of a student trying to “help” in his field felt like a bad joke. He had spent a year refining his division—every system, every dataset was his creation. The thought of letting some kid handle even a fraction of it filled him with a quiet dread, like watching someone try to operate a complex machine without understanding a single gear.

Loeb shifted in his chair, taking Edward’s silence as agreement. “The youth these days, Nashton. They’re the future, and we have a duty to mold them. The department sees this as an investment. Someone to eventually join your endeavors full time.”

Edward’s jaw tightened. Investment? He couldn’t help but smirk slightly at the absurdity. Loeb had no real idea what Edward did, no real grasp of the complexity his work required. In Loeb’s mind, a student could simply step in and soak up skills like a sponge. But Edward knew better. To him, this wasn’t an investment; it was a hindrance, a risk of inefficiency, and the last thing he needed.

But with Loeb’s expectant gaze bearing down on him, he understood the futility of voicing his concerns. The decision had been made, probably long before he was even called into this office. He wasn’t being given a choice—he was being told to fall in line.

“We’ve got some candidates lined up. You narrow it down, and we’ll finalize it.”

Loeb pushed a stack of russet-colored folders toward him, and Edward suppressed a sigh as he unfurled his arms, grabbed the stack, and flipped open the first file. The pages were full of redacted lines—names, ages, and even genders all neatly blacked out. He rolled his eyes. There were pages of transcripts, an accompanying essay (which he was not going to read), academic achievements, extracurriculars, and sanitized letters of recommendation, none of which told him anything interesting.

Edward felt the familiar dull boredom creep in.

He eyed the first profile, scanning each line with a growing sense of irritation. Harvard, it read in bold letters, as if the word alone signified worth. Straight As, a laundry list of commendations from professors who probably barely knew this student beyond the name printed on their assignments. It was the kind of profile built from legacy admissions, expensive prep schools, and connections more valuable than skill. Every accolade, every honor felt manufactured, the result of privilege rather than grit or true intelligence. This was the sort of person whose future had been paid for, gift-wrapped, and delivered to them on a silver platter. A pawn that had been moved through life’s chessboard with no actual understanding of the game.

Edward flipped to the next file, another profile reeking of the same glossy, untarnished perfection: a prestigious background, impeccable grades, extracurriculars that spoke more to showmanship than substance. His lip curled, an almost imperceptible twist of disdain. What use was someone like this to him? He didn’t need another pre-packaged prodigy, the type who had been endlessly praised but never challenged, the kind who breezed through academia without ever truly understanding what it meant to think, to analyze, to push limits. He needed someone who had actually had to work for something, who had seen struggle, who understood what it meant to build something from scratch—someone with the kind of determination that couldn’t be bought.

These files in front of him represented everything he despised about the world: the hollow merit of titles, the pretense of excellence. It was the kind of privilege that relied on appearances rather than substance, and it left a sour taste in his mouth. He flipped through each one with growing impatience, each page a carbon copy of the last, all polished to an empty sheen that hid any real substance.

His gaze sharpened as he closed another file. What he wanted, if he was to have an assistant, was someone with actual mettle. Someone with grit, someone who hadn’t had everything handed to them. The kind of candidate who could be taught something beyond the regurgitated lessons of privilege. Edward’s jaw tightened as he tossed the files back onto the desk before grabbing another file near the bottom of the stack.

When he opened this one, he cocked a brow. Something caught his eye.

There was an entry—a two-month juvenile record attached to a high school transcript from their junior year. Edward’s interest piqued immediately. He leaned back in the chair, letting the file rest in his fingers as he read the details. The record noted a hacking incident: unauthorized access to school servers to alter grades. He almost chuckled, finding this much more intriguing than the immaculate résumés of Ivy League candidates.

The report stated they had felt their grades were given unfairly and decided to take matters into their own hands. It was an act of rebellion, yes, but also one of precision and calculation. They hadn’t sabotaged the system—they had simply revised their grades without damaging any other records or erasing traces of the hack. There was a comment from a principal decrying the act as undermining the school’s “integrity” and a record of a lengthy expulsion hearing. Yet, despite this incident, there were a handful of letters from teachers who seemed reluctant to give up on them.

He read further, finding notes on their turnaround at their senior year and at Gotham City Community College. After high school, it seemed no other institution had wanted to take a chance on them, except for this one. But instead of coasting through, they had thrived—joining the debate team, earning honors, and eventually transferring to Gotham University. Now they were a college senior majoring in computer science with a minor in criminal justice.

As he skimmed through the final notes, Edward smirked. This work-study tied directly into their capstone project—a predictive AI programmed to determine when and where crimes were more likely to occur. It was a smart move, one that showed ambition and resilience. They were not another cookie-cutter success story from an Ivy League—they were someone who had clawed their way out of a mess, took risks, and kept climbing. Whoever they were, they were far more intriguing than the other candidates. He didn’t need some entitled, bougie fraternity brat who would think they were smarter than him.

He closed the file with a soft pat, already deciding. He flicked it onto the desk with an air of indifference and slid to a stop in front of Loeb. “This one,” he said flatly.

The Commissioner picked up the folder, his thick fingers fumbling with the dry edges as he peeled it open. His brow furrowed deeper as he read, and he shot Edward a wary look over the papers. “This one? The one with the juvie record? Are you sure?”

Edward’s expression remained cool, detached. “It’s either this one or none at all,” he replied without missing a beat.

Loeb stared at him for a moment, rubbing his jaw, clearly weighing his options. After a long pause, he sighed and tossed the file back on the desk with a resigned grunt. “Fine,” he muttered. “They’ll be here after the holidays.”

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In under a month’s time, Edward Nashton found himself caught off guard.

It was not often he was caught off guard, and he did not like it.

He was hunched over his workstation, eyes narrowed as he sifted through lines of encrypted data. It was after lunch, during which he had remained in his space, still working, forgoing eating as he normally did. His office, if one could call it that, was a windowless space in a back corner of the GCPD headquarters, dimly lit and reeking of stale coffee and burnt-out ambition. It was crammed with outdated computers and stacks of scattered papers, the sort of place where Edward thrived in isolation. He was so absorbed in his task that when the door opened and a knock sounded on the doorframe, he muttered, “Yes?” without looking up, already bracing himself for another mundane IT request—misguided souls thinking that the "computer guy" could fix the printer.

But then an unfamiliar voice responded.

“Excuse me? Are you Mr. Edward Nashton?”

It was not the tone he expected—there was no hint of impatience or condescension, which he had grown accustomed to when people sought him out. The voice was feminine, with an even pitch, its calm, smokey cadence infiltrating the monotony of his work. It was an unobtrusive sound, yet so unusual to his ears that he was compelled to see who it belonged to. He looked up. He froze.

A girl was standing at the doorway, her fingers resting lightly on the doorframe as if unsure whether to fully step inside. He had not even heard the door open.

Edward frowned.

His first impression of her was one of dissonance—a sharp, almost unsettling contrast between her and the office she had just entered. The grimy, worn-down precinct felt even darker with her in it, as if the dingy fluorescent lights themselves were suddenly more aware of their inadequacy.

She was beautiful—irritatingly so. Her long, sleek dark hair fell like silk curtains, parted perfectly down the middle, framing her face with an effortless elegance that didn’t belong anywhere near the GCPD. Her eyes, lined meticulously with dark, precise wings, were fixed on him with a hint of amusement. There was a different energy to her, one that felt deliberate, almost as though she knew exactly how out of place she looked and was inviting him to react. He barely realized how long he held her gaze.

With a faint scowl, he forced himself to look away, taking in the rest of her with a detached, analytical eye. Her lavender blazer dress caught what little light there was, gold buttons glinting as they drew a subtle line down her figure. The hem stopped just short of professional modesty, skirting the edge of propriety with a cut that was as tailored as it was daring. She had a designer bag slung over her shoulder, a fuzzy purple notebook and a gray-and-pink plaid winter coat clutched in the same hand, and she was only one chihuahua short of being GCPD’s own Elle Woods.

This office hadn’t seen anything like her, and by the looks of it, she was fully aware of that fact. For a moment, he wondered if she was mocking the precinct in her own way, challenging the drab confines of the facility with something so polished, so perfectly styled. 

His thoughts were cut short by the sound of her clearing her throat, and his eyes snapped back to hers. He realized with sudden embarrassment that she had caught him staring. Worse, she was smirking—her lips shiny and curved in an almost mocking acknowledgment of his mistake.

“Yes,” he said stiffly, clearing his own throat in a failed attempt to reestablish control. “And who might you be?”

“I’m your student, Romy. Romy Winslow.”  Her half-lidded eyes seemed to smolder in the low lighting.

“Student?” Edward repeated, the word coming out more as a question than he intended.

“Yeah,” she nodded. “Like, they told you, right?”

“Of course,” Edward grumbled, scrambling to regain some semblance of authority. He wasn’t used to feeling unprepared, especially not in his own domain.

He did not like when Romy pursed her shiny lips and narrowed her eyes. “You forgot, didn’t you?” she pressed, a teasing lilt to her voice.

Edward’s back straightened, jaw tightening. “You will soon find that I forget nothing, girl,” he quipped. “I’m merely intrigued by your—” he gestured vaguely at her—“appearance. Are you sure your silly little head didn’t get confused? Got lost on your way to a sorority luncheon?”

Romy blinked. She checked her smartwatch, then looked back at him and tilted her head, the innocent confusion in her eyes seeming a little too thoughtful to be genuine. “No… The Greek Meet isn’t until Saturday.”

He frowned.

Oh, she was definitely fucking with him.

Soon, her pink lips pursed in a slight pout, and she glanced down at herself. “Is it too much?”

As she turned to the side, Romy casually modeled her silhouette, the lavender fabric clinging to her form in a way that was both tasteful and tantalizing. The movement drew Edward’s attention, his gaze instinctively tracing her figure. He couldn’t help but follow the curve of her form, from her shoulders that tapered elegantly down to the delicate arch of her spine, and finally to her shapely backside, perfectly showcased by the tailored fit of the dress. He resented that his gaze followed the lines of her legs, made even longer by the gray knee-high, heeled boots she had chosen.  Each line was accentuated with precision.

She caught his eye again, her expression playful yet somehow earnest. “I thought it was just the right amount of business meets pleasure.”

Edward cleared his throat. “Not quite what I was talking about,” he muttered, his gaze darting away in an attempt to collect his thoughts.

“What did you mean then?” Romy asked as she stepped further into the room. She glanced around, her nose wrinkling slightly at the sight of the meticulously stacked boxes of files, outdated monitors, and blinking fluorescent lights. “This is the GCPD Cybercrime Division?” she asked in an offhand manner. “This looks very—” she wriggled her fingers at the general space “—humble.” Though she smiled, it was clear she was struggling to be polite.

“I mean that I did not expect someone so— soft.” He glanced around the area, grimacing at the— as she called it—‘humble’ surroundings. “It is what it is.”

“You mean you didn’t expect a girl?”

“Yes,” he admitted, refusing to dance around it.

“Well,” she said with a shrug, “guess we both had false expectations of the situation, Mr. Nashton.”

Edward felt the frustration building, both at himself and at Romy’s unsettling confidence. “And what exactly did you expect?” he retorted, his eyebrow cocking. “Quantico?”

She smirked, but the movement was subtle, a brief twitch at the corner of her lips. “No.” Her fingers traced over the edge of a dusty computer monitor, her almond-shaped nails—a soft mint green—making the action seem delicate. “But, like,  maybe I expected something a little more contemporary than this, I suppose.”

He bristled at the unintentional insult to his sanctuary of cobbled-together tech that he had spent the better part of a year collecting to upgrade this dump. He found himself oddly off-balance, grappling with the realization that he had expected someone completely different. Someone less refined, more—unpolished. But here she was, her demeanor perfectly maintained in a lavender blazer dress, with the confidence of someone used to catching others off guard.

He did not like it. He did not like how she acted. He did not like how she talked. He did not like what she said. He did not like how she looked. He did not like her.

Edward sat behind his uncluttered desk, arms folded as he leaned back in his creaky chair, eyes narrowing at her. “The GCPD still does not see the full benefit of a cybercrime division,” he said, his voice laced with a bitterness that hinted at more than just professional frustration. He was used to his work being sidelined, his expertise disregarded by those who should know better. Her arrival was yet another inconvenience in a long line of offenses. “These bald apes are content to remain in the twentieth century.”

Trailing closer, she soon sat in a nearby chair, setting her belongings on a table crowded with equipment. “Quite the shame,” she replied, crossing one leg over the other as she settled into the seat he did not offer her to sit in. “I was hoping to gain some valuable expertise before graduating. I wanted to work here in fact.” There’s a glimmer of amusement in her eyes and her voice holds a polite, measured tone.  “My professors said you are brilliant.”

Smug satisfaction settled in his chest. 

“I am.” Edward’s lip curled ever so slightly, and he straightened, giving her a half-lidded look. 

Romy looked at him for a moment before speaking. “They said you were difficult too.”

“Who’s they?’”

“Duncan and Hadley.”

Edward’s eyes narrowed at the mention of his old professors, the faint smugness that had crept into his expression now sharpening into something colder, more cutting. He studied her with a slow, deliberate gaze. This close, he can finally see her eyes—a moss green

“Duncan and Hadley,” he repeated, his tone laced with disdain. “Duncan—let me guess—still regurgitating decades-old theories as if they’re groundbreaking revelations? And Hadley…” He sneered faintly, his lip curling. “Hadley’s what happens when tenure protects the incompetent. Is he still using Windows XP?”

“Unfortunately… They had strong opinions about you as well,” Romy remarked lightly, looking at her nails in an absent minded manner.

“I’m sure they did,” Edward replied smoothly, sitting forward now, his elbows resting on his desk as he leveled her with a pointed look. “Professors like them always do when confronted with someone who doesn’t just color outside their precious lines but redraws the entire picture. Of course, to them, that’s ‘difficult.’”

Her lips quirked at one side and she rested her chin on her hand, watching him with an amused air. “Then it seems I made the right decision to come to you.”

“While it would undoubtedly be an honor for you to work with someone of my genius firsthand,” Edward continued, his voice dripping with confidence as he narrowed his gaze at her, “you won’t stand a chance.”

Romy merely tilted her head, watching him with an expression of calm intrigue, seemingly unbothered by the sharp bite of his words. It unnerved him more than he cared to admit. He wasn’t used to this feeling, least of all in his own space.

“I’m used to people underestimating me, Mr. Nashton.”

“My estimations are always accurate,” he continued, his voice sharper now. He sighed giving her a bored look. “Let’s cut to it, I suppose.” He let one of his hands rest on the desk. “You will only get in my way. I don’t want to waste my time or my breath educating you on something that will likely go in one ear and out the other.” He tapped his fingers against the tabletop in a measured way, his voice cold. “You are to sit, stay, and not move. Don’t touch anything else. You can watch, and maybe, just maybe , you might be graced with a touch of my intellect... One would only be so lucky to have someone of my caliber rub off on them.”

Before Romy responded, there was a slight twitch of her perfectly plucked brow. “... Do you like to rub off on people, Mr. Nashton?”

He blinked, absorbing what she had just said. Rub off, he thought dryly. Clever, very clever. But what really stopped him wasn’t the phrasing; it was the look in her eyes—a knowing, steady gaze that held him longer than it should. There was a flicker of challenge there, of cool confidence, that made him shift in his seat, uncomfortable under the weight of that steady, unflinching stare.

“You know exactly what I mean, girl,” Edward snapped. He fixed Romy with a squint. “I can see you are going to be quite the pain in my ass, aren’t you?”

Romy’s lips twitched as she considered him with sharp eyes. “Oh, no, not at all,” she lilted. “I’m actually trying to make a good impression.”

He watched as she relaxed her slender hands on the arms of the chair, mint green nails clicking once on the wood. Then, when she crossed her legs, it was a slow movement. His attention flicked to her shapely thighs, noting how the lavender hem of her dress raised slightly with the movement. His frown deepened, brows knitting together, and then he looked back at her easy gaze.

“And how do you plan on doing that?” he asked.

Her eyes flicked across his face, and she hummed thoughtfully, obviously thinking about her answer. Then, a slow smirk stretched across her shiny, plush lips, and those young eyes of hers glittered with amusement. She clicked her tongue. “By being quiet, submissive, and obedient…”

Immediately, Edward felt the heat rise, an unbidden flush creeping up his neck and settling under his collar. He resented it, and his jaw tightened in frustration. She leaned back in the chair, her lips curling into that slow, deliberate smirk, and something glittered in her gaze. The subtle bite to her lip—did she even realize she was doing it?—and the way she settled back, so at ease, as if she were testing him, watching to see how he’d react. It was maddening. There was no reason to let a stranger, much less a student, get under his skin.

He kept his tone even, measured. “I have a hard time believing that,” he said with forced calm. “You are already disrupting my workflow by being here. I don’t have the time or interest to indulge anyone’s… antics.”

“Antics?” Romy repeated. “So, like, you assume I’m here to waste your time? That I won’t take this seriously?”

Edward smirked. “Well, if it looks like a duck and talks like a duck,” he chided, not at all masking the disdain in his voice.

Her smile sharpened. “Except when it’s a unicorn,” she simpered, lashes fluttering as she peered at him through half-lidded eyes. “Is that it, Mr. Nashton? Is it because I’m not some acne-riddled, snot-nose, basement incel?” She tilted her head to the side, her long black hair shifting with the movement, and she narrowed her gaze. “Is it because I’m pretty… ?”

The question struck him off balance. He realized he’d been observing every inch of her carefully put-together appearance, struggling to reconcile it with the notion that Commissioner Loeb thought it fit to place her here with him. But Loeb had been unaware of the candidates as well. The disconnect irritated him, the softness of her expression and the sharpness of her words stirring something hot in his chest.

“Listen, little girl,” he sneered, mustering every ounce of cold detachment, “I don’t know what game you’re trying to play, but I’m not the one to challenge.”

Romy’s smile widened, the look in her eyes unmistakably daring. “Oh, I don’t know about that,” she said, letting her voice dip playfully. “You seem like exactly the kind of man to enjoy a good challenge.” She tapped a nail thoughtfully on the wooden chair arm. “Or am I wrong?”

“Challenges are acceptable,” Edward said, his lips twitching as though considering a smile, though his gaze remained guarded. “But only those that actually require intellect. Challenges that flex the mind… not distractions.”

“So, that’s what you see me as? A distraction?” Romy tilted her chin up, looking at him with that gaze that made her look so cool. It only grated on his nerves. “I’ll make sure to cover my shoulders and hide my bra straps then.”

Edward’s eyes narrowed. He opened his mouth to retort, but she was faster, leaning in with a look that was half-sweet, half-mischievous. “Unless, of course…” she purred, “a little distraction is exactly what you need. Maybe it would loosen you up.”

“Loosen up?” he echoed, his voice edged with forced calm. “I don’t need to loosen up. I need focus and productivity, two qualities I have a hard time believing you possess.”

“I have plenty of focus.” She settled back in her chair, unabashedly grinning at his obvious discomfort. “I’m sure we’ll make a… productive team, Mr. Nashton.”

He exhaled slowly, trying to maintain his composure. “You’re insufferably confident, aren’t you?”

“Pot meet kettle,” she replied breezily, gesturing in a casual manner, clearly unbothered by his barbs. “So… are you ready to be impressed, or are we going to keep up the foreplay?”

Edward rolled his eyes then shifted and spun back to his computer. “ Fine,” he said tightly. “You want to prove yourself? Then start by doing exactly what I tell you, without the smart commentary, Ms. Winslow.” He made movements to bring up his work, his fingers tapping away at the keyboard.

She shifted to the side, her eyes gleaming with a playful challenge as she retrieved a sleek laptop from her purse. “Yes, Mr. Nashton, sir.”

His fingers stalled over the keyboard, his usual fluidity momentarily broken. A shiver ran down his spine, slithering low. It made him grit his teeth.

With a deep inhale and an exasperated sigh, he settled into his work, typing with the familiar, precise rhythm he was known for. While he maintained perfect focus, he couldn’t shake the uncomfortable feeling of having someone in his space. He worked alone. He had never had to precept anyone. He was not a teacher. He didn’t have the patience nor the desire for it. Professors had tried setting him up to tutor during his time in college—it hadn’t worked out as they thought it would. It had taken only one time to make someone cry for them to decide teamwork might not be something for him.

He felt it inevitable: Romy would say something completely idiotic; he would correct her; it would hurt her puny little feelings; she would cry; she would quit; and he would never have to hear from her again.

All he had to do was bide his time. He could be patient… when he wanted to be.

But, as much as it stung to admit, Romy surprised him. She was quiet—perfectly quiet, almost too quiet—and she seemed wholly absorbed in what he was doing. It was almost like she didn’t exist.

The minutes stretched, long and quiet, with nothing but the soft hum of computers and the steady beat of typing filling the air. Twenty minutes slipped into thirty, and then an hour, and still, she remained there, intently focused. The steadiness of her gaze as it flickered between her screen, his screen, and his hands—the unwavering attention she devoted to each click, each keystroke—was almost unnerving. There was something in the way she was present, so completely engaged, that felt oddly invasive. And yet, she wasn’t disruptive. She didn’t give any more snarky quips. She didn’t sigh in boredom. She didn’t ask questions or interrupt with idle conversation, simply watching, occasionally typing, the rhythm of her own keystrokes echoing his in a strange, synchronized cadence.

But it was the sound of her nails that really got to him. Each click of the keys under her fingers was punctuated by the sharper snap of those mint-colored acrylics atop them, a sound somehow distinct from the natural clack of a keyboard. It wasn’t irritating—not yet—but he sensed the potential. It was the kind of sound that, over time, could likely chip away at his concentration, like Chinese water torture, each click burrowing into his awareness with grating persistence.

Every now and then, Edward risked a glance at Romy, expecting to catch her on her phone or zoned out, ready to dismiss the task at hand. But she stayed. She was observant, her posture straight, fingers poised and ready, and she took in every word, every glance he spared her, without saying a thing—only a simple nod here and there in respectful acknowledgment. 

The hours slipped by faster than usual, her silence still unbroken. Edward leaned back, cracking his knuckles and flexing his fingers, savoring the temporary reprieve. But as he shifted, his eyes caught movement—Romy, standing right in front of his desk.

He jolted, a sharp intake of breath betraying his surprise. He hadn’t even heard her move.

“ What?” he snapped, his voice tight. “What do you want, girl?”

She blinked, glancing at her watch with maddening calm. “Time to go home.”

It was only then that he noticed the bag slung over her arm and the paper she was holding out. He scowled, snatching it briskly, his lips pulling into a tight, displeased line. A time log. Of course. With a resigned sigh, he grabbed his pen and scribbled his name and initials before shoving it back at her.

She glanced down at the sheet and grimaced. “You have terrible handwriting.”

“Get out,” he gritted, his flat look doing nothing to mask his irritation. He didn’t need her critique on top of everything else.

“Alright. See you tomorrow, Mr. Nashton,” she chuckled, her tone airy, carrying that infuriating undercurrent of amusement, as though his opinion of her couldn’t matter less. Then she spun on her heel and tossed a languid wave over her shoulder, twiddling her mint-colored acrylics.

“Unfortunately.”

Then, the door clicked shut behind her, leaving the office mercifully quiet and empty. Edward leaned back in his chair. Finally, he had his silence. But it wasn’t the victory he’d hoped for.

His gaze flicked toward the empty chair she’d occupied, a faint scowl tugging at the corners of his mouth. This was only the beginning. She’d be back tomorrow, and the day after that, and every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after that until the semester ended.

Edward’s jaw tightened at the thought, the weight of it pressing down on him like a slowly closing trap. She wasn’t just a nuisance; she was a disruption, a thorn in his side he couldn’t pull out, no matter how much he wanted.

Fifteen weeks and two days of this. Of her.

With a sharp exhale, he turned back to his monitors, forcing his attention onto the scrolling lines of data. He didn’t have time to dwell on irritations. He had work to do, and she was gone for the day. That was enough.

It would have to be.

[writter123]

Key Programming Languages Every Ethical Hacker Should Know

In the realm of cybersecurity, ethical hacking stands as a critical line of defense against cyber threats. Ethical hackers use their skills to identify vulnerabilities and prevent malicious attacks. To be effective in this role, a strong foundation in programming is essential. Certain programming languages are particularly valuable for ethical hackers, enabling them to develop tools, scripts, and exploits. This blog post explores the most important programming languages for ethical hackers and how these skills are integrated into various training programs.

Python: The Versatile Tool

Python is often considered the go-to language for ethical hackers due to its versatility and ease of use. It offers a wide range of libraries and frameworks that simplify tasks like scripting, automation, and data analysis. Python’s readability and broad community support make it a popular choice for developing custom security tools and performing various hacking tasks. Many top Ethical Hacking Course institutes incorporate Python into their curriculum because it allows students to quickly grasp the basics and apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios. In an Ethical Hacking Course, learning Python can significantly enhance your ability to automate tasks and write scripts for penetration testing. Its extensive libraries, such as Scapy for network analysis and Beautiful Soup for web scraping, can be crucial for ethical hacking projects.

JavaScript: The Web Scripting Language

JavaScript is indispensable for ethical hackers who focus on web security. It is the primary language used in web development and can be leveraged to understand and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications. By mastering JavaScript, ethical hackers can identify issues like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and develop techniques to mitigate such risks. An Ethical Hacking Course often covers JavaScript to help students comprehend how web applications work and how attackers can exploit JavaScript-based vulnerabilities. Understanding this language enables ethical hackers to perform more effective security assessments on websites and web applications.

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C and C++: Low-Level Mastery

C and C++ are essential for ethical hackers who need to delve into low-level programming and system vulnerabilities. These languages are used to develop software and operating systems, making them crucial for understanding how exploits work at a fundamental level. Mastery of C and C++ can help ethical hackers identify and exploit buffer overflows, memory corruption, and other critical vulnerabilities. Courses at leading Ethical Hacking Course institutes frequently include C and C++ programming to provide a deep understanding of how software vulnerabilities can be exploited. Knowledge of these languages is often a prerequisite for advanced penetration testing and vulnerability analysis.

Bash Scripting: The Command-Line Interface

Bash scripting is a powerful tool for automating tasks on Unix-based systems. It allows ethical hackers to write scripts that perform complex sequences of commands, making it easier to conduct security audits and manage multiple tasks efficiently. Bash scripting is particularly useful for creating custom tools and automating repetitive tasks during penetration testing. An Ethical Hacking Course that offers job assistance often emphasizes the importance of Bash scripting, as it is a fundamental skill for many security roles. Being proficient in Bash can streamline workflows and improve efficiency when working with Linux-based systems and tools.

SQL: Database Security Insights

Structured Query Language (SQL) is essential for ethical hackers who need to assess and secure databases. SQL injection is a common attack vector used to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications that interact with databases. By understanding SQL, ethical hackers can identify and prevent SQL injection attacks and assess the security of database systems. Incorporating SQL into an Ethical Hacking Course can provide students with a comprehensive understanding of database security and vulnerability management. This knowledge is crucial for performing thorough security assessments and ensuring robust protection against database-related attacks.

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When choosing an Ethical Hacking Course, it’s important to consider how well the program covers essential programming languages. Courses offered by top Ethical Hacking Course institutes should provide practical, hands-on training in Python, JavaScript, C/C++, Bash scripting, and SQL. Additionally, the course fee can vary depending on the institute and the comprehensiveness of the program. Investing in a high-quality course that covers these programming languages and offers practical experience can significantly enhance your skills and employability in the cybersecurity field.

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Obtaining an Ethical Hacking Course certification can validate your expertise and improve your career prospects. Certifications from reputable institutes often include components related to the programming languages discussed above. For instance, certifications may test your ability to write scripts in Python or perform SQL injection attacks. By securing an Ethical Hacking Course certification, you demonstrate your proficiency in essential programming languages and your readiness to tackle complex security challenges. Mastering the right programming languages is crucial for anyone pursuing a career in ethical hacking. Python, JavaScript, C/C++, Bash scripting, and SQL each play a unique role in the ethical hacking landscape, providing the tools and knowledge needed to identify and address security vulnerabilities. By choosing a top Ethical Hacking Course institute that covers these languages and investing in a course that offers practical training and job assistance, you can position yourself for success in this dynamic field. With the right skills and certification, you’ll be well-equipped to tackle the evolving challenges of cybersecurity and contribute to protecting critical digital assets.

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Introduction: In the ever-evolving world of web development, full stack developers are the architects behind the seamless integration of frontend and backend technologies. Excelling in both realms is essential for creating dynamic, user-centric web applications. In this comprehensive exploration, we'll embark on a journey through the multifaceted landscape of full stack development, uncovering the intricacies of crafting compelling user interfaces and managing robust backend systems.

Frontend Development: Crafting Engaging User Experiences

1. Markup and Styling Mastery:

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): Serves as the foundation for structuring web content, providing the framework for user interaction.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): Dictates the visual presentation of HTML elements, enhancing the aesthetic appeal and usability of web interfaces.

2. Dynamic Scripting Languages:

JavaScript: Empowers frontend developers to add interactivity and responsiveness to web applications, facilitating seamless user experiences.

Frontend Frameworks and Libraries: Harness the power of frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js to streamline development and enhance code maintainability.

3. Responsive Design Principles:

Ensure web applications are accessible and user-friendly across various devices and screen sizes.

Implement responsive design techniques to adapt layout and content dynamically, optimizing user experiences for all users.

4. User-Centric Design Practices:

Employ UX design methodologies to create intuitive interfaces that prioritize user needs and preferences.

Conduct usability testing and gather feedback to refine interface designs and enhance overall user satisfaction.

Backend Development: Managing Data and Logic

1. Server-side Proficiency:

Backend Programming Languages: Utilize languages like Node.js, Python, Ruby, or Java to implement server-side logic and handle client requests.

Server Frameworks and Tools: Leverage frameworks such as Express.js, Django, or Ruby on Rails to expedite backend development and ensure scalability.

2. Effective Database Management:

Relational and Non-relational Databases: Employ databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Firebase to store and manage structured and unstructured data efficiently.

API Development: Design and implement RESTful or GraphQL APIs to facilitate communication between the frontend and backend components of web applications.

3. Security and Performance Optimization:

Implement robust security measures to safeguard user data and protect against common vulnerabilities.

Optimize backend performance through techniques such as caching, query optimization, and load balancing, ensuring optimal application responsiveness.

Full Stack Development: Harmonizing Frontend and Backend

1. Seamless Integration of Technologies:

Cultivate expertise in both frontend and backend technologies to facilitate seamless communication and collaboration across the development stack.

Bridge the gap between user interface design and backend functionality to deliver cohesive and impactful web experiences.

2. Agile Project Management and Collaboration:

Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and fellow developers, to plan, execute, and deploy web projects.

Utilize agile methodologies and version control systems like Git to streamline collaboration and track project progress efficiently.

3. Lifelong Learning and Adaptation:

Embrace a growth mindset and prioritize continuous learning to stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry best practices.

Engage with online communities, attend workshops, and pursue ongoing education opportunities to expand skill sets and remain competitive in the evolving field of web development.

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Cross-Mapping Tableau Prep Workflows into Power Query: A Developer’s Blueprint

When migrating from Tableau to Power BI, one of the most technically nuanced challenges is translating Tableau Prep workflows into Power Query in Power BI. Both tools are built for data shaping and preparation, but they differ significantly in structure, functionality, and logic execution. For developers and BI engineers, mastering this cross-mapping process is essential to preserve the integrity of ETL pipelines during the migration. This blog offers a developer-centric blueprint to help you navigate this transition with clarity and precision.

Understanding the Core Differences

At a foundational level, Tableau Prep focuses on a flow-based, visual paradigm where data steps are connected in a linear or branching path. Power Query, meanwhile, operates in a functional, stepwise M code environment. While both support similar operations—joins, filters, aggregations, data type conversions—the implementation logic varies.

In Tableau Prep:

Actions are visual and sequential (Clean, Join, Output).

Operations are visually displayed in a flow pane.

Users rely heavily on drag-and-drop transformations.

In Power Query:

Transformations are recorded as a series of applied steps using the M language.

Logic is encapsulated within functional scripts.

The interface supports formula-based flexibility.

Step-by-Step Mapping Blueprint

Here’s how developers can strategically cross-map common Tableau Prep components into Power Query steps:

1. Data Input Sources

Tableau Prep: Uses connectors or extracts to pull from databases, Excel, or flat files.

Power Query Equivalent: Use “Get Data” with the appropriate connector (SQL Server, Excel, Web, etc.) and configure using the Navigator pane.

✅ Developer Tip: Ensure all parameters and credentials are migrated securely to avoid broken connections during refresh.

2. Cleaning and Shaping Data

Tableau Prep Actions: Rename fields, remove nulls, change types, etc.

Power Query Steps: Use commands like Table.RenameColumns, Table.SelectRows, and Table.TransformColumnTypes.

✅ Example: Tableau Prep’s “Change Data Type” ↪ Power Query:

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Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}})

3. Joins and Unions

Tableau Prep: Visual Join nodes with configurations (Inner, Left, Right).

Power Query: Use Table.Join or the Merge Queries feature.

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Table.NestedJoin(TableA, {"ID"}, TableB, {"ID"}, "NewColumn", JoinKind.Inner)

4. Calculated Fields / Derived Columns

Tableau Prep: Create Calculated Fields using simple functions or logic.

Power Query: Use “Add Column” > “Custom Column” and M code logic.

✅ Tableau Formula Example: IF [Sales] > 100 THEN "High" ELSE "Low" ↪ Power Query:

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if [Sales] > 100 then "High" else "Low"

5. Output to Destination

Tableau Prep: Output to .hyper, Tableau Server, or file.

Power BI: Load to Power BI Data Model or export via Power Query Editor to Excel or CSV.

✅ Developer Note: In Power BI, outputs are loaded to the model; no need for manual exports unless specified.

Best Practices for Developers

Modularize: Break complex Prep flows into multiple Power Query queries to enhance maintainability.

Comment Your Code: Use // to annotate M code for easier debugging and team collaboration.

Use Parameters: Replace hardcoded values with Power BI parameters to improve reusability.

Optimize for Performance: Apply filters early in Power Query to reduce data volume.

Final Thoughts

Migrating from Tableau Prep to Power Query isn’t just a copy-paste process—it requires thoughtful mapping and a clear understanding of both platforms’ paradigms. With this blueprint, developers can preserve logic, reduce data preparation errors, and ensure consistency across systems. Embrace this cross-mapping journey as an opportunity to streamline and modernize your BI workflows.

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What Defines a Truly Secure Website?

In today's digital landscape, a website is often the front door to a business, a personal brand, or vital information. With cyber threats constantly evolving, the question isn't just "Is my website online?" but "Is my website truly secure?" Many users look for the padlock icon and "HTTPS" in the address bar and breathe a sigh of relief. While essential, that green lock is merely the beginning of true website security.

HTTPS signifies that the connection between your browser and the website's server is encrypted, protecting data in transit. But a truly secure website goes far beyond encrypting data between two points. It's built on a multi-layered defense strategy, addressing vulnerabilities at every level of the application and infrastructure.

So, what are the characteristics of a website you can genuinely trust?

1. Always Uses HTTPS with Strong TLS Protocols

This is the foundational layer, but its proper implementation is crucial.

What it is: HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) encrypts the communication between the user's browser and the website's server using TLS (Transport Layer Security, the modern successor to SSL) certificates.

Why it's essential: It prevents eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery, ensuring that the data you send (like login credentials or credit card numbers) and receive remains private and integral. Modern browsers flag sites without HTTPS as "Not Secure." Crucially, truly secure websites use strong, up-to-date TLS versions (like TLS 1.2 or 1.3), not older, vulnerable ones.

2. Robust Input Validation and Output Encoding

These are fundamental defenses against some of the most common web attacks.

Input Validation: Every piece of data a user submits (forms, search queries, URLs) must be strictly validated before the server processes it. This prevents attackers from injecting malicious code (e.g., SQL Injection, Command Injection) that could manipulate the database or execute commands on the server.

Output Encoding: Any data retrieved from a database or user input that is displayed back on the website must be properly encoded. This prevents Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, where malicious scripts could be executed in a user's browser, stealing cookies or defacing the site.

3. Strong Authentication & Authorization Mechanisms

Security starts with knowing who is accessing your site and what they are allowed to do.

Authentication:

Strong Password Policies: Enforce minimum length, complexity (mix of characters), and disallow common or previously breached passwords.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Offer and ideally mandate MFA for all user accounts, especially administrative ones. This adds a critical layer of security beyond just a password.

Secure Session Management: Use secure, short-lived session tokens, implement proper session timeouts, and regenerate session IDs upon privilege escalation to prevent session hijacking.

Authorization: Implement the principle of least privilege. Users should only have access to the data and functionalities strictly necessary for their role. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is key here, ensuring a customer can't access admin features, for instance.

4. Regular Security Updates & Patch Management

Software is complex, and vulnerabilities are constantly discovered.

Continuous Patching: The website's underlying operating system, web server software (e.g., Apache, Nginx), Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress or Drupal, plugins, themes, and all third-party libraries must be kept up-to-date with the latest security patches.

Why it's essential: Unpatched vulnerabilities are a common entry point for attackers. A truly secure website has a rigorous system for identifying and applying updates swiftly.

5. Comprehensive Error Handling & Logging

What happens when things go wrong, or suspicious activity occurs?

Generic Error Messages: Error messages should be generic and not reveal sensitive system information (e.g., database connection strings, file paths, or specific error codes) that attackers could use to map your system.

Robust Logging: All security-relevant events – failed login attempts, successful logins, administrative actions, suspicious requests, and critical system events – should be logged. These logs should be stored securely, centrally, and monitored in real-time by a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system for anomalies and potential attacks.

6. Secure Development Practices (SDL)

Security isn't an afterthought; it's built in from the ground up.

Security by Design: A truly secure website is born from a development process where security considerations are embedded at every stage – from initial design and architecture to coding, testing, and deployment. This is known as a Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL).

Code Reviews & Testing: Regular security code reviews, static application security testing (SAST), and dynamic application security testing (DAST) are performed to identify and fix vulnerabilities before the code ever goes live.

7. Web Application Firewall (WAF)

A WAF acts as a protective shield for your website.

What it does: It monitors and filters HTTP traffic between the web application and the internet. It can detect and block common web-based attacks (like SQL injection, XSS, DDoS, brute-force attempts) before they reach the application.

Why it helps: It provides an additional layer of defense, especially useful for mitigating new threats before a patch is available or for protecting against known vulnerabilities.

8. Data Encryption at Rest

While HTTPS encrypts data in transit, data stored on servers needs protection too.

Sensitive Data Encryption: Databases, file systems, and backups containing sensitive user information (passwords, PII, financial data) should be encrypted.

Why it's important: Even if an attacker manages to breach your server and access the underlying storage, the data remains unreadable without the encryption key, significantly mitigating the impact of a breach.

9. Regular Security Audits & Penetration Testing

Proactive testing is key to finding weaknesses before malicious actors do.

Vulnerability Scanning: Automated tools scan your website for known vulnerabilities.

Penetration Testing (Pen-Testing): Ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks to exploit vulnerabilities, test your defenses, and assess your overall security posture. These should be conducted regularly and after significant changes to the website.

10. Clear Privacy Policy & Data Handling Transparency

While not a strictly technical security feature, transparency builds user trust and demonstrates responsible data stewardship.

What it includes: A clear, easily accessible privacy policy explaining what data is collected, why it's collected, how it's used, how it's protected, and who it's shared with.

Why it matters: It shows commitment to data security and respects user privacy, a fundamental aspect of a truly trustworthy online presence.

A truly secure website is not a static state achieved by checking a few boxes. It's a continuous commitment to vigilance, proactive measures, and a deep understanding that security is an ongoing process involving people, technology, and robust policies. In a world where digital trust is paramount, building and maintaining a genuinely secure website is an investment that pays dividends in reputation, customer loyalty, and business continuity.

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Understanding Reverse Lookups What is a Reverse Lookup?

A reverse lookup enables people or organizations to discover details concerning an individual or entity based on a telephone number or various other recognizing data. This procedure contrasts with standard lookups, where you start with a name to locate call information. With reverse lookups, you have a telephone number and wish to uncover who it belongs to.

The Mechanics Behind Reverse Lookups

Reverse lookups use comprehensive data sources that compile public records, social media sites accounts, and other online details. When you do a phone number lookup, the service cross-references the gotten in number versus its database to return pertinent data. This can include the proprietor's name, address, and also added get in touch with information.

Types of Reverse Lookups Reverse Phone Lookup: One of the most usual kind, where you browse utilizing a phone number. Reverse Address Lookup: Finding information based upon an address. Reverse Email Lookup: Discovering information linked to an e-mail address. Reverse Car Lookup: Determining vehicle owners using license plates. How Organizations Can Take advantage of Consistently Performing Reverse Lookups

Regularly including reverse lookups right into your business operations can produce many benefits. Right here are some standout benefits:

1. Enhancing Client Confirmation Processes

Businesses usually manage various client queries daily. By making use of a reverse phone lookup, business Phone number lookup can verify identities extra efficiently than ever. This confirmation procedure reduces fraud threat and cultivates trust in between both parties.

2. Improving Client Assistance Services

Imagine getting a telephone call from an unknown number asking for assistance for a concern related to your product and services. Before diving in, executing a quick phone lookup can offer you context about the caller's identification and history with your firm-- allowing for customized assistance.

3. Streamlining Marketing Efforts

When launching advertising and marketing campaigns, understanding your audience is essential. A straightforward reverse number lookup can aid recognize leads' demographics based upon their location caller info lookup codes or previous communications with your business.

4. Identifying Deceptive Activities

In today's world loaded with scams and fraudulent activities, knowing who you're dealing with is extremely important for any business owner. Carrying out routine reverse lookups allows firms to spot questionable patterns quickly.

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The world inside that's increasingly shaped by information, being able to understand and interpret data isn't just a specialized skill anymore—it's a crucial ability for navigating today’s landscape. At its heart, data analytics involves digging into raw data to uncover meaningful patterns, draw insightful conclusions, and guide decision-making. When individuals get a handle on this discipline, they can turn those raw numbers into actionable insights, paving the way for a more predictable and 'truthful' future for themselves and the organizations they work with. This article dives into the compelling reasons to learn data analytics, highlighting the key skills involved and how they help build a future rooted in verifiable facts.

The Foundational Power of Data Literacy

At the heart of a data-driven future lies data literacy – the ability to read, understand, create, and communicate data as information. This fundamental understanding is the first step towards leveraging analytics effectively. Without it, individuals and businesses risk making decisions based on intuition or outdated information, which can lead to missed opportunities and significant errors.

Understanding Data's Language

Learning data analytics begins with grasping how data is generated and structured. This involves:

Data Sources: Recognizing where data comes from, whether it's from website clicks, sales transactions, sensor readings, or social media interactions.

Data Types: Differentiating between numerical, categorical, textual, and temporal data, as each requires different analytical approaches.

Data Quality: Appreciating the importance of clean, accurate, and complete data. Flawed data inevitably leads to flawed conclusions, rendering efforts useless.

Essential Skills for Data Analytics Growth

To truly make a "truth future" through data, a blend of technical proficiency, analytical thinking, and effective communication is required.

Technical Proficiencies

The journey into data analytics necessitates acquiring specific technical skills:

Statistical Foundations: A solid understanding of statistical concepts (e.g., probability, hypothesis testing, regression) is crucial for interpreting data accurately and building robust models.

Programming Languages: Python and R are the industry standards. They offer powerful libraries for data manipulation, statistical analysis, machine learning, and visualization. Proficiency in at least one of these is non-negotiable.

Database Management: SQL (Structured Query Language) skills are vital for querying, extracting, and managing data from relational databases, which are the backbone of many business operations.

Data Visualization Tools: Tools like Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik Sense enable analysts to transform complex datasets into intuitive charts, graphs, and dashboards, making insights accessible to non-technical audiences.

Analytical Thinking and Problem-Solving

Beyond tools, the analytical mindset is paramount. This involves:

Critical Thinking: The ability to question assumptions, identify biases, and evaluate the validity of data and its interpretations.

Problem Framing: Defining business problems clearly and translating them into analytical questions that can be answered with data.

Pattern Recognition: The knack for identifying trends, correlations, and anomalies within datasets that might not be immediately obvious.

Communication Skills

Even the most profound data insights are useless if they cannot be effectively communicated.

Storytelling with Data: Presenting findings in a compelling narrative that highlights key insights and their implications for decision-making.

Stakeholder Management: Understanding the needs and questions of different audiences (e.g., executives, marketing teams, operations managers) and tailoring presentations accordingly.

Collaboration: Working effectively with cross-functional teams to integrate data insights into broader strategies.

Making the "Truth Future": Applications of Data Analytics

The skills acquired in data analytics empower individuals to build a future grounded in verifiable facts, impacting various domains.

Business Optimization

In the corporate world, data analytics helps to:

Enhance Customer Understanding: By analyzing purchasing habits, Browse behavior, and feedback, businesses can create personalized experiences and targeted marketing campaigns.

Improve Operational Efficiency: Data can reveal bottlenecks in supply chains, optimize resource allocation, and predict equipment failures, leading to significant cost savings.

Drive Strategic Decisions: Whether it's market entry strategies, product development, or pricing models, analytics provides the evidence base for informed choices, reducing risk and increasing profitability.

Personal Empowerment

Data analytics isn't just for corporations; it can profoundly impact individual lives:

Financial Planning: Tracking spending patterns, identifying savings opportunities, and making informed investment decisions.

Health and Wellness: Analyzing fitness tracker data, sleep patterns, and dietary information to make healthier lifestyle choices.

Career Advancement: Understanding job market trends, in-demand skills, and salary benchmarks to strategically plan career moves and upskilling efforts.

Societal Impact

On a broader scale, data analytics contributes to a more 'truthful' and efficient society:

Public Policy: Governments use data to understand demographic shifts, optimize public services (e.g., transportation, healthcare), and allocate resources effectively.

Scientific Discovery: Researchers analyze vast datasets in fields like genomics, astronomy, and climate science to uncover new knowledge and accelerate breakthroughs.

Urban Planning: Cities leverage data from traffic sensors, public transport usage, and environmental monitors to design more sustainable and livable urban environments.

The demand for skilled data analytics professionals continues to grow across the nation, from the vibrant tech hubs to emerging industrial centers. For those looking to gain a comprehensive and practical understanding of this field, pursuing dedicated training is a highly effective path. Many individuals choose programs that offer hands-on experience and cover the latest tools and techniques. For example, a well-regarded  Data analytics training course in Noida, along with similar opportunities in Kanpur, Ludhiana, Moradabad, Delhi, and other cities across India, provides the necessary foundation for a successful career. These courses are designed to equip students with the skills required to navigate and contribute to the data-driven landscape.

Conclusion

Learning data analytics goes beyond just picking up technical skills; it’s really about developing a mindset that looks for evidence, values accuracy, and inspires thoughtful action. By honing these vital abilities, people can not only grasp the intricacies of our digital landscape but also play an active role in shaping a future that’s more predictable, efficient, and fundamentally rooted in truth. In a world full of uncertainties, data analytics provides a powerful perspective that helps us find clarity and navigate a more assured path forward

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Developing web applications using code involves a multifaceted process that a diverse skillset. Developers leverage programming languages like JavaScript, Python, and Ruby to construct the logic and functionality of websites. They also utilize frameworks and libraries to streamline development, optimize performance, and ensure cross-browser compatibility. A fundamental aspect of web application development is the creation of user interfaces (UIs) using technologies such as HTML, CSS, and sometimes JavaScript. These elements work together to design interactive and visually appealing experiences for users.

Additionally, developers often incorporate databases to store and retrieve data, enabling dynamic content and user interactions.

Quality assurance is crucial throughout the development cycle to identify and resolve bugs, ensuring a stable and reliable application.

In conclusion, building web applications with code presents a challenging yet rewarding journey for developers who are passionate about creating innovative and impactful online experiences.

Master Front-End Development

Stepping into the realm of front-end development is a daunting task. But with dedication and the right approach, you can evolve from novice to expert. Mastering this craft involves exploring into the intricacies of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, crafting interactive and visually engaging user interfaces. It's a journey that rewards immense fulfillment as you shape your ideas to life on the web.

Launch your journey by acquiring the fundamentals of HTML and CSS. These building blocks provide the structure and style for any web page.

Utilize JavaScript to add responsiveness to your websites, creating truly engaging user experiences.

Implement consistently. The key to mastery lies in applied experience. Build projects, experiment with new techniques, and strive feedback to refine your skills.

Mastering the Art of Responsive Design

Responsive design presents a crucial facet of modern web development. It ensures that websites conform seamlessly to different screen sizes, providing an optimal user journey despite the device being used. This involves a deep understanding of HTML, CSS, and innovative design strategies. By implementing fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries, developers build websites that navigate beautifully on smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops. Responsive design not only optimizes user satisfaction but also increases SEO rankings and as a result drives online growth.

From Pixels to Functionality

The transformation from pixels to functionality is a fascinating process. Developers craft intricate code architectures, bringing life Web Developer to static digital elements. A simple pixel, on its itself, can't perform anything. But when assembled with programming, it becomes part of a responsive system that enables user experiences. This transition from visual representation to functional reality is what truly elevate the digital world.

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This is being considered as big data and NOSQL decade for software industry. Most of new software development is happening using NOSQL database. There are many NOSLQ Databases however MongoDB is the most popular choice due to being highly scalable open source & free NOSQL database option. Many high volume web applications and mobile applications are designed using MongoDB as a backend database. In this article we are going to cover all high level details you need to know about MongoDB and its usage. You may also want to check some good MongoDB books to learn and become a Mongo DB expert. Everlasting Popularity of MongoDB Explained Traditional databases have long been built on a singular architecture of Database -> Table -> Row/column -> table join. This led to expressive query-based languages (such as MySQL), uniformity, and facility for secondary indexes. However it lacks on a few crucial fronts – factors that can drive the success of your application or website. The interesting thing about MongoDB is that, as against traditional table structure in relational databases, MongoDB uses dynamic schemas (BSON). This ensures a more agile, nimble, and fast database - a much needed trait in today’s technology landscape where data is huge, time is short, risk is bigger, and cost needs to shrink every time. History of MongoDB The company, MongoDB Inc, first rolled out the service in October 2007 as a small component of a product platform. But within 2 years, it was transitioned to open source development approach. Ever since, it continues to be embraced by scores of websites and applications as a preferred backend software. What is MongoDB? Developed over C++, MongoDB is a wildly popular open source NoSQL database. Its cross-platform architecture provides immense utility and versatility to programmers who want to make us of a document oriented open source database. Mongo DB Popularity on Google Search Below is a snapshot of google search trends that show popularity of MongoDB has been growing in past few years. Why is MongoDB So Popular? It is not for no reason that business behemoths like eBay, Craigslist, or Foursquare depend on MongoDB. There are many compelling success factors that ensure that MongoDB continues to enjoy top billing as the world’s fourth most loved database. Let’s look at some of these – Huge volume of data? Bring it on! Imagine having millions of records to be stored, accessed, processed or shared in real time. With Big Data throwing curve balls every single day, MongoDB is the one database that can handle such large data with absolute ease. One practical example we see is Craigslist that uses MongoDB as a backend. It sees about 80-82 million advertising classifieds posted every month from across 70 countries. As such, its repositories gets populated pretty quickly. MongoDB not only handles this sheer size of data, but also helps in timely archiving and access to data across 700 different sites. Schema less architecture and sharding Because of its document based architecture, MongoDB features one collection (just like a table). This scale-out architecture adds value at multiple levels over the monolithic architecture of MySQL. It also helps to be better aligned with OOP principles. When it comes to load balancing, MongoDB uses horizontal scaling with help of sharding (storing data on multiple machines for efficient usage). You can add machines to balance your load needs and prevent any overload on a single machine. With sharding comes the issue of synchronization – something that is actually a non-issue, with the powerful replication facility provided by MongoDB. Replication helps redundancy and improves availability of the most up to date data. The combination of sharding and replication also comes in handy when recovering from a catastrophic IT failure or interruptions in services. Quick to set up and deployment MongoDB presents a very quick setup and deployment time. This not only helps client business to ramp up faster, but also helps them delight their customers with their agility and speed.

A good example is Forbes, which used MongoDB to come up with a simultaneous web CMS and mobile site. While the web CMS came up in two months only, the mobile site was ready in just 30 days. Better for your business Taking the above example of Forbes website, the publishing company took up the step of overhauling their content management systems. When the mobile site and website CMS came up, it managed to create a lasting impression on the minds of its users – prime being the fast access and speedy content delivery facility. As a result (to quote MongoDB’s words) “Overnight, mobile traffic jumped from 5% to 15% of Forbes.com total traffic, and quickly ramped to 50%”. In addition to the revenue increase, it also helped cut down on cost overheads by keeping just one full time and one part time IT person for the mobile website. High Performance Persistent data is handled smartly by MongoDB, thus leading to a high performance backend. It enables this in two distinct ways Embedding data in single structure. The schema is known as ‘denormalized’ model and is successful because of the BSON enabled document-like structure. Because of this, the I/O operations on the database system is reduced dramatically, leading to faster working backend. Using the ‘ensureIndex’ function, a field being indexed will return a result at just 8%-10% of the time taken for querying and searching every document in a collection of the MongoDB database. This is a vital time saving advantage. Indexing also provides the facility to include keys from embedded objects or arrays. Why Pick MongoDB? As is evident, express setup, huge data handling capacity, and horizontal scaling ability, are three key advantages that work highly in favor of MongoDB. This makes it an apt open source backend system to use for today’s times where content management delivery, data hubs, social media, big data, cloud computing, and mobility, have generated colossal volume of dynamic data. Where can we use MongoDB? If your data is too complex to be queries on a relational database If there are high occurrences of denormalizing the database schema If there are high occurrences of programming involved to tweak performance If your inputs are in form of BSON documents or serialized arrays If you want to store documents irrespective of the relation If pre-defining the schema or structure is not possible  Where should we NOT use MongoDB? If you need ACID compliance then MongoDB will not be a right choice. Also because of inherent limitations associated with a 32-bit system, MongoDB doesn’t perform well here, and instead recommends a 64-bit architecture. To sign off MongoDB has proven its mettle handling incredibly huge data. With its schema less architecture and zero relational dependency, it has sustained at a leadership position as a NoSQL database of choice for today’s companies who want to surge ahead of competition with fast, agile and scalable application and websites. Harry is a web industry specialist having keen interest in reading novels and writing tech blogs on diverse topics.Currently, He is associated with Techiesindiainc, specializing in offshore web development and iOS development services.Techiesindiainc has more than 200 international clients who outsource Website Design And Development projects along with various other IT requirements.

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Top Diploma Classes Online for Career Growth in 2025

Looking to build a career without spending years in school? With the rise of flexible, accessible education, diploma classes online are becoming the go-to solution for learners around the world. Whether you're starting fresh, switching careers, or upgrading your skills, online diplomas offer a smart, efficient way to move forward.

The best part? You can earn a free diploma online through trusted platforms like UniAthena's Online Short Courses, helping you build real-world skills without breaking the bank.

If you're unsure where to begin, this guide covers some of the Best Diploma Courses to explore right now, based on job market trends and future potential.

Choosing the Right Diploma Course for Your Future

It’s normal to feel unsure when selecting a diploma course. What if it doesn’t suit your interests? What if it doesn’t lead to real job opportunities?

Here’s the good news—every course on this list is designed to prepare you for in-demand careers across growing industries. Whether you're passionate about safety, healthcare, data, or logistics, there's a diploma that aligns with your goals and interests.

Diploma Certificate in Environment Health and Safety Management

As industries grow, so does the need to ensure safe working environments. The Diploma Certificate in Environment Health and Safety Management equips you to manage workplace risks and enforce safety regulations across multiple sectors.

With this qualification, you could pursue roles such as environmental health and safety officer, food safety inspector, or industrial hygienist. It’s one of the most practical diploma classes online for those interested in creating safe and sustainable workplaces.

Healthcare Management Diploma

The healthcare industry is booming, and it’s not limited to clinical roles. With healthcare projected to nearly double in market size by 2032, management roles are more critical than ever.

The Healthcare Management Diploma prepares you to oversee hospital operations, manage clinical teams, and support patient care systems. Careers such as healthcare administrator, clinic operations manager, and pharmaceutical executive are within reach for those who complete this diploma.

This course is ideal for students who want to work in healthcare but prefer leadership and strategy over clinical practice.

Diploma in International Human Resource Management

With remote teams and global workforces becoming the norm, HR professionals need international expertise. The Diploma in International Human Resource Management offers a deep understanding of global labor laws, cross-cultural communication, and talent management.

It’s a great free diploma online if you're interested in international recruitment, global HR strategies, or organizational development. Graduates can explore roles such as HR business partner, payroll specialist, or training coordinator in multinational organizations.

Diploma in SQL

Data powers everything from finance to social media. Whether you're interested in analytics, app development, or cybersecurity, understanding databases is essential.

The Diploma in SQL takes you from the basics to advanced data queries. You’ll learn how to manage and analyze databases—skills needed for roles like SQL developer, data analyst, or BI engineer.

This course is one of UniAthena's Online Short Courses that’s particularly valuable for those entering the tech world or working in data-driven environments.

Diploma in Data Analytics

Data analytics is transforming how businesses make decisions. Companies across every industry are hiring professionals who can turn raw data into meaningful insights.

The Diploma in Data Analytics teaches you how to work with large datasets, perform statistical analysis, and use industry tools to guide strategy. Graduates often move into roles such as business analyst, data scientist, or marketing data strategist.

If you're looking to break into a high-growth, high-paying field, this is one of the Best Diploma Courses to start with.

Diploma Course in Transportation and Logistics Management

As global trade expands, supply chain efficiency is more critical than ever. The Diploma course in transportation and logistics management provides insights into freight movement, inventory control, and cross-border logistics.

This diploma prepares you for roles like logistics coordinator, fleet manager, or shipping analyst. It’s ideal for students who want to work in a fast-paced, essential industry that powers international commerce.

Diploma in Supply Chain Management

If you want to understand the bigger picture of global trade, the Diploma in Supply Chain Management is the perfect next step. This course dives deeper into procurement, production, and operations planning.

With this diploma, you can explore careers in operations strategy, purchasing, and enterprise resource planning. It’s one of the most strategic diploma classes online for future operations leaders.

Opportunities for Learners

Access to quality education and professional training can be limited by infrastructure and affordability. Online learning is changing that reality.

UniAthena's Online Short Courses offer a chance for learners to access globally recognized education from anywhere with an internet connection. Whether you're in Juba, Malakal, or Wau, you can gain skills that open doors to meaningful careers at home and abroad.

Courses like the Healthcare Management Diploma and the Diploma in Supply Chain Management are particularly relevant, supporting sectors crucial to national development. By enrolling in free diploma online programs, students and professionals can compete in the global job market, without leaving their communities.

Online diplomas offer flexibility, affordability, and the ability to upskill while balancing other responsibilities—a perfect solution aspiring workforce.

Conclusion

Your future doesn’t have to wait. With these Best Diploma Courses, you can build real-world skills in weeks, not years. Whether your interest lies in healthcare, data, logistics, or management, there’s a free diploma online that fits your goals and your schedule.

These online diplomas are designed to be accessible, affordable, and practical—giving you the confidence and credentials to move your career forward.

Explore UniAthena's Online Short Courses and take the first step toward a brighter future.

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Taking a free diploma online is a smart way to test your interests before committing to a full degree. These short courses also help you build credibility on your resume and stand out to employers.

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Complete PHP Tutorial: Learn PHP from Scratch in 7 Days

Are you looking to learn backend web development and build dynamic websites with real functionality? You’re in the right place. Welcome to the Complete PHP Tutorial: Learn PHP from Scratch in 7 Days — a practical, beginner-friendly guide designed to help you master the fundamentals of PHP in just one week.

PHP, or Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most widely used server-side scripting languages on the web. It powers everything from small blogs to large-scale websites like Facebook and WordPress. Learning PHP opens up the door to back-end development, content management systems, and full-stack programming. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience with HTML/CSS, this tutorial is structured to help you learn PHP step by step with real-world examples.

Why Learn PHP?

Before diving into the tutorial, let’s understand why PHP is still relevant and worth learning in 2025:

Beginner-friendly: Easy syntax and wide support.

Open-source: Free to use with strong community support.

Cross-platform: Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and integrates with most servers.

Database integration: Works seamlessly with MySQL and other databases.

In-demand: Still heavily used in CMS platforms like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal.

If you want to build contact forms, login systems, e-commerce platforms, or data-driven applications, PHP is a great place to start.

Day-by-Day Breakdown: Learn PHP from Scratch in 7 Days

Day 1: Introduction to PHP & Setup

Start by setting up your environment:

Install XAMPP or MAMP to create a local server.

Create your first .php file.

Learn how to embed PHP inside HTML.

Example:

<?php echo "Hello, PHP!"; ?>

What you’ll learn:

How PHP works on the server

Running PHP in your browser

Basic syntax and echo statement

Day 2: Variables, Data Types & Constants

Dive into PHP variables and data types:

$name = "John"; $age = 25; $is_student = true;

Key concepts:

Variable declaration and naming

Data types: String, Integer, Float, Boolean, Array

Constants and predefined variables ($_SERVER, $_GET, $_POST)

Day 3: Operators, Conditions & Control Flow

Learn how to make decisions in PHP:

if ($age > 18) { echo "You are an adult."; } else { echo "You are underage."; }

Topics covered:

Arithmetic, comparison, and logical operators

If-else, switch-case

Nesting conditions and best practices

Day 4: Loops and Arrays

Understand loops to perform repetitive tasks:

$fruits = ["Apple", "Banana", "Cherry"]; foreach ($fruits as $fruit) { echo $fruit. "<br>"; }

Learn about:

for, while, do...while, and foreach loops

Arrays: indexed, associative, and multidimensional

Array functions (count(), array_push(), etc.)

Day 5: Functions & Form Handling

Start writing reusable code and learn how to process user input from forms:

function greet($name) { return "Hello, $name!"; }

Skills you gain:

Defining and calling functions

Passing parameters and returning values

Handling HTML form data with $_POST and $_GET

Form validation and basic security tips

Day 6: Working with Files & Sessions

Build applications that remember users and work with files:

session_start(); $_SESSION["username"] = "admin";

Topics included:

File handling (fopen, fwrite, fread, etc.)

Reading and writing text files

Sessions and cookies

Login system basics using session variables

Day 7: PHP & MySQL – Database Connectivity

On the final day, you’ll connect PHP to a database and build a mini CRUD app:

$conn = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "", "mydatabase");

Learn how to:

Connect PHP to a MySQL database

Create and execute SQL queries

Insert, read, update, and delete (CRUD operations)

Display database data in HTML tables

Bonus Tips for Mastering PHP

Practice by building mini-projects (login form, guest book, blog)

Read official documentation at php.net

Use tools like phpMyAdmin to manage databases visually

Try MVC frameworks like Laravel or CodeIgniter once you're confident with core PHP

What You’ll Be Able to Build After This PHP Tutorial

After following this 7-day PHP tutorial, you’ll be able to:

Create dynamic web pages

Handle form submissions

Work with databases

Manage sessions and users

Understand the logic behind content management systems (CMS)

This gives you the foundation to become a full-stack developer, or even specialize in backend development using PHP and MySQL.

Final Thoughts

Learning PHP doesn’t have to be difficult or time-consuming. With the Complete PHP Tutorial: Learn PHP from Scratch in 7 Days, you’re taking a focused, structured path toward web development success. You’ll learn all the core concepts through clear explanations and hands-on examples that prepare you for real-world projects.

Whether you’re a student, freelancer, or aspiring developer, PHP remains a powerful and valuable skill to add to your web development toolkit.

So open up your code editor, start typing your first <?php ... ?> block, and begin your journey to building dynamic, powerful web applications — one day at a time.