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DATABASES WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR THIS

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Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

Traditional database architectures are built on assumptions about deterministic applications that are fundamentally violated by the unpredictable and autonomous nature of agentic AI systems. For safety and reliability, databases must adapt by implementing defensive strategies like role-based access, dedicated connection pools, and query-context tagging.