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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Leg 2 of my journey to @pougorg.bsky.social begins now. Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend! #poug26

Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

In the Bay Area and found my way in to Austria/Jordan. $26 for a craft beer makes me right angry, but I salute the Austrians for sticking with the hits and choosing “Rock Me Amadeus.” Even better than the Germans taking “Major Tom (Coming Home)" And the hydration break can still go to hell.

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

World Cup away day to Houston, impressions: - Germany is very good - Curaçao is not but had a great time - $16 for a can of Stella is terrible - “hydration breaks” used for ad time in an air conditioned stadium are even worse

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Well-earned. Enjoy the travels next year!

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Pretty close to the very last minute, but finally stopped and wrote up a session idea to present at @pougorg.bsky.social. And now we wait patiently and hope for the best!

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I have a customer that uses it pretty heavily, even with “modern” applications and software versions!

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I’ll also accept Bruno as a correct answer

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Only thing keeping last night from going “Full Romero” would be a leg breaker after his shinner to tie it.

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Dom Giles @domgiles.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I've just released swingbench 2.8 (#Oracle AI Database load generator). Now with a HTML front end. You can read all about it here www.dominicgiles.com/swingbench/2...

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Feeling extremely European today as I take the new train in to work today. May seem like a small thing, but the folks in Texas don’t care much for public transit (or pedestrians for that matter)

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Priit Piipuu @ppiipuu.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

@acolvin.bsky.social on networks and the speed of light at #POUG2025

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Wow…can’t believe it took me 10 years to get to @pougorg.bsky.social but it delivered in every possible way. So great to see old friends and I haven’t learned that much at a conference in a very long time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

It’s been a long road but so happy you’re back!

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Can’t just buy a ticket, you have to show up and sit through the matches too. “The purchaser of a Ticket Pack **who uses all tickets to attend all matches included in their Ticket Pack** will be granted a guaranteed option to buy one ticket to a FIFA World Cup 26 match”

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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Last day to submit your session to the #POUG2025 conference ‼️ sessionize.com/poug-2025/

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Finally submitted my abstract for @pougorg.bsky.social #POUG2025. I prefer to think that it was less about procrastination and more about constantly refining the topic in the deeper parts of my mind. #fingerscrossed

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Hate to say it but I wouldn’t recommend anyone come here right now. Worried for friends here with permanent residency when the ones in charge don’t care about the law.

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I just can’t take an institution of higher education seriously when they present a Y axis that goes from largest to smallest.

Chart showing student populations with largest closest to the origin #shrug

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

So.... @OracleCloud , @Azure , @googlecloud and @awscloud engineers walk into a bar 🤣🤣🤣

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

All for it, but please…nothing as scandalous as “my cat is better than any other cat.” We all know that my cat is the best in the world

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Andy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Hi, I’m Andy Colvin! You may remember me from such things like working for Enkitec and writing about Exadata. These days I’m working on all things Oracle within Google Cloud, but may post a few cat photos from time to time.

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