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Two Spaces After a Period: The Hill I Will Die On

2026-05-15 · by Hannah Vernon · in Hot Takes

I’m going to say something controversial in the year 2026, and I don’t care who it offends: You should put two spaces after a period. There. I said it. Come at me. The “One Space”…

“Now I Have the Full Picture” The Most Dangerous Lie Your AI Agent Tells You

2026-05-12 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs, Hot Takes

AI agents confidently say “Now I have the full picture” but they can’t know what they’re missing. Here’s what can go wrong when you let an agent run things unsupervised.

ADO Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

2026-05-07 · by Hannah Vernon · in Hot Takes

You’re in a meeting. Someone says “ADO.” Your brain - conditioned by 20+ years of muscle memory - immediately conjures up connection strings, recordsets, and ADODB.Connection. Then you realize they’re talking about a CI/CD pipeline….

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