Can we rewire our brain?

Like instead of...

private int MaxVLAllowed { get; set; }

...we do this instead:

int MaxVLAllowed { get; set; }

Instead of convincing ourselves "there could" be a nullable primary key...

create table Person
(
PersonID int identity(1,1) not null primary key,
PersonName varchar(100) not null
);

...we believe there's only one form of truth, i.e. primary key cannot be nullable

create table Person
(
PersonID int identity(1,1) primary key,
PersonName varchar(100) not null
);

Instead of thinking that both of you and the computer are both OC buddies...

if ( (ans == 'Y') || (answer == 'y') )

...just believe you're the only person on earth who believes not putting parenthesis around a comparison expression is confusing:

if ( ans == 'Y' || answer == 'y' )

Instead of inner joining...

select *
from alpha
inner join beta on beta.alpha_id = alpha.alpha_id

...why not just join them? i.e. remove the noise keyword inner:

select *
from alpha 
join beta on beta.alpha_id = alpha.alpha_id

Instead of computing numbers like this...

+1 + +9 - +7 * +6

...it's in our conviction that a positive number is implied when we omit the positive sign:

1 + 9 - 7 * 6