I guess you could stretch and say he means "myth" like you might use "lore" or "mythology" as in the collected beliefs of a group or people, but that's stretchi

I guess you could stretch and say he means "myth" like you might use "lore" or "mythology" as in the collected beliefs of a group or people, but that's stretching it, if you ask me. I'm not a DBA, but I really like reading articles about common pitfalls and mistakes, to broaden my knowledge base. Something like "'SELECT *' and your ORM might be using it for you" would have been a much more informative title to me, without dancing around the clearly intended use of the word "myth," and I personally would have still read it, without expecting content completely at odds with what I would say is the natural interpretation of the title.