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Branches Are Just Database Copies You Can Merge Back

2026-05-13 · by Hannah Vernon · in Git for DBAs

You’ve just finished your first commit and you’re feeling good. Then someone says “create a branch” and the confusion starts. Developer tutorials talk about branches like they’re some abstract computer science concept. They’re not. A…

Your Repository Is Just a Database

2026-05-13 · by Hannah Vernon · in Git for DBAs

If you’ve ever stared at a git tutorial and thought “why does this have to be so complicated?” — you’re not alone. Most git documentation is written by developers, for developers. It assumes you think…

“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.

Your AI Agent Is Quietly Corrupting Your SQL Files

2026-05-11 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs, tools

AI agents writing T-SQL via PowerShell here-strings produce LF line endings, breaking SSMS and diffs.

SqlPackage, Synonyms, and the Third-Party Database Problem

2026-05-08 · by Hannah Vernon · in tools

You ask your AI coding agent to generate a T-SQL script. It writes the file. You open it in SSMS. And before you see a single line of SQL, you get this: If you’ve been…

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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