Development
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How to Use the GitHub MCP Server with Codex
GitHub’s MCP Server is a great tool for interacting with GitHub using natural language. It’s fun to…
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Updated setup-oracle-sqlcl Action and why it matters for SQLcl projects
This is a short post announcing a small but important change in the way you install…
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Real productivity gains with AI: coding unit tests for your ORDS endpoints
Ever since I first heard about them, I have become a great fan of unit tests,…
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Quick tip concerning dbms_cloud’s create_credential() call
DBMS_CLOUD is one of the crucial packages in Oracle AI Autonomous Database (ADB from now on).…
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JavaScript showcase: a fun playground environment for MLE/JavaScript in Oracle AI Database 26ai
I’m a huge fan of Oracle’s SQL Developer Extension for VSCode. I use it on a…
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Git clone, but a specific branch, please
This is a super quick post mainly to remind myself that it is possible to (git)…
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More good reasons to use bind variables in cursors in Oracle
Bind variables are a best practice in Oracle database development. They offer significant benefits in performance,…
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Creating column-level annotations on views
While updating my slides covering “what’s new in Oracle AI Database 26ai” I noticed that examples…
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Using Oracle Database Free in your devcontainer and GitHub Codespaces
Dev containers are pretty nifty when it comes to keeping your development environment isolated from the…
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Successfully Using SQLcl Projects If Your Production Branch Isn’t Called “main”
This short note demonstrates that the the production branch name is configurable in SQLcl projects. If…
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