Product Manager at Oracle. Technology enthusiast. Author, blogger, speaker. Ace Director alumnus, ex Enkitec. I work for Oracle but do not speak for them.
@connor_mc_d I just did this morning 😁Also gave the APEXlang skill championed by @sspendol a go and had a new app in minutes. Nice 👌
I also had a sneak peak at some additional APEX skills prepared by @sonjameyer79 . The future is looking great 😊
@stevemuench has been hard at work over the last few months writing an excellent paper on what APEXlang is, how it works, and how to use it.
You owe it to yourself to read this if you're going to kick the tires of APEXlang
diveintoapex.com/2026/05/14/one…#orclapex
Oracle APEX 26.1 is now generally available!
✨ Open Application Specification Language
🧠 AI Interactive Reports
🤖 AI Agents and AI Tools
social.ora.cl/6012BBxTKY#orclAPEX#LowCode
@ChrisAntognini at the #POUG2026 with: What's new in the third edition of Troubleshooting Oracle Performance? topic. Please be nice to our debutant!
Less than 50 tickets left: poug.org
Read how #Oracle enables #AI workloads on your most important #data by #integrating AI capabilities directly into the database engine, instead of bolting them on as isolated services, enabling companies to unleash AI across their enterprise.
geraldonit.com/oracle-ai-data…
Together with the MLOps Community, Oracle is hosting a workshop focused on practical patterns for building real-world AI systems. No hype. Just technical insight, hands-on learning, and production-minded engineering. Register today: social.ora.cl/6010BBjNtm
Join this fast-paced, 30-minute global broadcast designed to keep developers in the know. Get rapid-fire updates, announcements, and insights straight from Oracle product teams. social.ora.cl/6010BBjeY4
I've been playing with the "gemma4:e2b" model on my crappy old laptop. It is surprisingly fast with good results. I think this will be my new default small model when playing with local LLMs using Ollama or LM Studio.
✨Oracle APEX Iberian Tour 2026 is coming to Spain and Portugal!
Register for free to explore upcoming AI features, see practical demos, and connect with the #orclAPEX community. social.ora.cl/6015BBnMpD
FreeSQL got an upgrade making python thin driver possible. This allows trivially now to play with Vectors in Oracle. No need at all for a local database to try things out. A simple app to show it off > github.com/krisrice/frees…
Tell me you have been in IT for a long time without telling me you have been in IT for a long time:
$ set -o vi
Now I’m trying to find out how to enable Emacs key bindings in zsh…
It's official, our Skills for Oracle AI Database have been posted to our skills repo -
social.ora.cl/6017BBz6nf
Get started, simply:
npx skills add oracle/skills
@thatjeffsmith I love the British way. I guess it would be something along the lines of “that’s not quite what I had in mind”. Translates to “what the bloody hell is this?”