iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Jon Dixon @jon.cloudnueva.com · 15/10/2025

Please read my latest post, where I explore how the Oracle SQLcl MCP Server can help you build higher-quality APEX Apps more quickly. #orclAPEX #mcp #sqlcl blog.cloudnueva.com/oracle-sqlcl...

blog.cloudnueva.com

Oracle SQLcl MCP Server Setup and Usage

Deep dive into how the Oracle SQLcl MCP Server and your preferred development tool can help you build higher-quality software more quickly.

171

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 15/10/2025

A little help from me at the #JoelKallmanDay for everyone who ever struggled with adding an avatar image in their Oracle APEX apps. Unfortunately, implementing such feature is not so straightforward, but here we go, see tutorial below 👇 #orclAPEX blog.apexapplab.dev/avatar-image...

blog.apexapplab.dev

Avatar image in Oracle APEX

Using a REST Media Resource as an image source

093

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🚀 We’re excited to announce a brand-new entry path to the Oracle ACE Program: ACE Apprentice—launching at Oracle AI World! ♠️ The ACE Apprentice level is designed to kickstart your journey as an Oracle advocate and unlock your potential within the global community. 🔒 🔑 💻 👉 ace.oracle.com/apprentice

11110

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 20/08/2025

My last 4 ideas about Oracle APEX are now on the Roadmap 💡 Your voice and your ideas matter! #orclAPEX

050

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 18/08/2025

See an example with the Google settings 👇 console.cloud.google.com/auth/clients The Redirect URI you need to use is: oracleapex.com/ords/apex_au... PS: The old domain - apex.oracle.com - will be used for marketing purposes only.

console.cloud.google.com

Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud Platform lets you build, deploy, and scale applications, websites, and services on the same infrastructure as Google.

000

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 18/08/2025

⚠️ Remember to fix your APEX applications Social Sign-in settings! The free APEX evaluation service is now moved to oracleapex.com. Which means that all of your applications, using Social Sign-in with Google, Office365, OKTA, etc. will fail unless you change the redirect URL in your SSO provider.

120

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 01/08/2025

I recently needed a quick (and reusable) way of setting up OCI Object Storage Buckets and access to them for a personal project. blog.apexapplab.dev/scripting-oc... Read my blog post to see how I scripted all the steps using the OCI CLI, using some help from AI and Jon Dixon's original tutorial ✨

blog.apexapplab.dev

Scripting OCI Objects creation using CLI

Create and secure your Object Storage buckets using OCI CLI scripts

030

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Talan - Oracle Technologies @oracletechtalan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Tired of clunky interfaces? @apexapplab.dev‬ is here to show you how Corporate UI in APEX can be simpler than you think. Add his upcoming #Kscope25 session to your “must catch list.” #orclapex #UI

092

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 16/05/2025

Couldn't miss the opportunity - both certificates are now taken 🛄 Great learning materials and really nice practices - check them out, even if you don't plan to study for the exam 👍 catalog-education.oracle.com/ords/certvie... catalog-education.oracle.com/ords/certvie...

000

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Talan - Oracle Technologies @oracletechtalan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We’re proud of our presenters heading to #Kscope25! Catch sessions by: ⭐ @adrian.fuzziebrain.com ⭐ @moreaux-louis.bsky.social ⭐ @apexapplab.dev ⭐ @haniel.bsky.socialadria ⭐ @richsoule.bsky.social From APEX to GenAI, our team’s bringing the heat. insum.talan.com/event/kscope... #orclapex

032

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 12/05/2025

Good luck in everything you decide to do Michelle! I'm sure you'll be as passionate about it as you've been at Insum! Thanks for the all the positive energy you gave us!

000

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 10/05/2025

For those who love running - here are my notes about the first ever marathon I completed - London Marathon 2025 🇬🇧 blog.apexapplab.dev/running-my-f...

blog.apexapplab.dev

Running my first Marathon

TCS London Marathon 2025 🇬🇧

180

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Talan - Oracle Technologies @oracletechtalan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Supercharge your Oracle APEX apps with plug-and-play tools! Join us May 6 at 12 PM ET to learn how Talan’s APEX Accelerators save dev time & boost UX. #orclapex Register: createch.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

051

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 12/04/2025

We got a great overview of the capabilities of the new SQLcl Project feature. No better person to present it than @apexconsulting.nl - one of the first to use it for his CI/CD pipeline in production! In my opinion - the way APEX (and database) versioning and deployment will be done in the future 💡

083

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 12/04/2025

Thanks @dgielis.com for this inspiring session, showing the passion and innovative mind behind @united-codes.com new office. A true definition of what a smart home should be 👏🏼 And very nice of him to share his appreciation for one of his first employees and a very good friend - Sunil 👍

161

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 12/04/2025

Awesome session by @moreaux-louis.bsky.social about the importance of learning web technologies. Accompanied by really useful examples of many of the new CSS features that could improve your UI/IX, but also make your life as a developer easier and keep your code clean 💡 ⤵️

130

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 12/04/2025

Great introduction by @msewtz.bsky.social! Focus on AI with lots of features now available in APEX, such as Vector Search, RAG and APEX Assistants. And of course - an introduction to the much needed APEX Lang, that should be available in the next releases 💡 ⤵️

130

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 12/04/2025

On my way back home from APEX Alpe Adria in Zagreb 🇭🇷 Amazing sessions as you can expect and lots of things that I learned yesterday. But most importantly - great atmosphere, community and fun at the afterparty 🍻 Thanks to the organisers and to everyone who came to my session 👍 A little overview: ⤵️

151

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Louis Moreaux @moreaux-louis.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Amazing presentation "Corporate UI in APEX - easier than you think" by @apexapplab.dev at APEX Alpe Adria 🚀 #orclAPEX #aaapeks2025

171

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 11/04/2025

CANCEL YOUR WEEKEND PLANS Guess what just landed in @code?

2335

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 12/04/2025

Can you try this link: www.figma.com/deck/6iVALs3...

figma.com

Figma

Created with Figma

120

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 08/04/2025

If you are attending the APEX Alpe Adria 2025 #orclAPEX conference, come and join me on an easy morning run through Zagreb🏃‍♂️ www.strava.com/clubs/146175...

strava.com

000

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 08/04/2025

Also - if you are a running enthusiast, feel free to join the "APEX Running Club" in Strava - created first of all as an accountability tool, but also to get inspired by the oher friends from the APEX community 🙌 strava.com/clubs/1461755

strava.com

London, England, United Kingdom | APEX Running Club

A place for all Oracle APEX runners out there. To share and motivate each other.

120

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 08/04/2025

I did over 400 km in the past 2-3 months in preparation for the London Marathon. Right now I'm in the Peak phase of my training. Check the progress in my little "vibe coded" app below 🤙 marathon.apexapplab.dev

marathon.apexapplab.dev

Marathon Training Tracker

440

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Talan - Oracle Technologies @oracletechtalan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Join @moreaux-louis.bsky.social & @apexapplab.dev on at APEX Alpe Adria 2025. Don’t miss their sessions: - Why APEX devs should know HTML, CSS & Web APIs - How to build corporate UI in APEX—easier than you think! Learn more: insum.talan.com/event/apex-a... #orclapex #APEXAlpeAdria

062

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Kris Rice @krisrice.io · 20/03/2025

Here's the video of APEXLang that Mike Hichwa showed in his talk this morning at #APEXWorld2025 The is massive potential here from easier ci/cd to code reviews to AI trained on the language to tooling as we'll publish the grammar behind when it launches

03012

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Chris Saxon @chrisrsaxon.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

APEX Lang is a new domain specific language you will be able to use to define Oracle APEX apps This is a human readable language designed to help you build and manage apps faster #apexworld2025 #orclapex

13415

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 19/03/2025

Oooh, I know - wish I was in the Netherlands instead 🇳🇱 Happy 15th anniversary! The agenda is awesome 🔥

020

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 18/03/2025

I'm going to Oracle Cloud World 2025 in London this Thursday. Happy to chat and discuss the latest in our technology world 🤖 See you! 👋 🇬🇧

130

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 06/03/2025

The time has come - you can now upgrade your APEX instances in the Oracle Cloud Autonomous Database to 24.2 🎉 Together with the 23ai database release (available already) - a killer combo in the AI era 🤝 🤖 #orclAPEX #ATP #OCI

040

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 04/03/2025

While in VS Code, open a Terminal window and launch SQLcl in nolog mode: ▶️ sql /nolog Then store the export file’s password in SQLcl’s secret manager: ▶️ secret set myExportPass MyExportPassword Import the JSON file: ▶️ connmgr import -key myExportPass /path/to/SQLDev-connections.json 🎉🎉🎉

010

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 04/03/2025

🔸 Protect the export file with a password to encrypt sensitive credentials. Save the file (e.g., SQLDev-connections.json) to a location on your machine. Ensure SQLcl version 23.3 or later is installed. This is bundled with both SQL Developer and the VS Code extension. ⤵️

100

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 04/03/2025

Just had to migrate some of my connections from SQL Developer to VS Code (SQL Developer extension). Very easy and straightforward: 🔸 Right-click the top-level Oracle Connections node in SQL Developer’s Connections panel. 🔸 Select Export Connections and choose the connections to migrate ... ⤵️

142

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 26/02/2025

Okay, this is cool: project config -list -verbose Gives you description of all setting, available in the project.config.json file 💡

040

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 25/02/2025

Thanks for your blogs and the support from the whole team! Btw: I thought "git tag" was involved because I had tagged the version that I wanted gone, so just a coincidence and wrong assumption that deleting it had helped :)

010

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 25/02/2025

But I hope I start deploying in production soon. I face some issues at times and I try to do more tests before I feel confident enough. Had issues with triggers that failed on deployment, had issues with apps deployment too. So trying to figure out the cause/solution for them. ⤵️

100

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 25/02/2025

Thanks a lot for the detailed help! Yes, your article really makes sense and I will repeat the steps to get a fresh copy of the DB. I have been using SQLcl Project for some time now and really love it. For the moment only doing the deployment part on my demo environments. ⤵️

100

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 24/02/2025

... and update the "lastReleaseVersion" property in project.config.json file, located in .dbtools folder.

100

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 24/02/2025

Well, also remove the Release lines from the /dist/releases/main.changelog.xml file. For example, remove this line for release 1.1.0 ⤵️ <include file="1.1.0/release.changelog.xml" relativeToChangelogFile="true"/>

100

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 24/02/2025

... and would not allow reusing the 1.1.0 release number. Here are a few tips - use "!git tag" to list all existing tags. If you see the one that you want gone - use "!git tag -d release-1.1.0". Note: use the tag name exactly as listed - "release-1.1.0" in this case. Any comment and suggestion? 💡

100

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 24/02/2025

🔸 I need to delete a release that I have just created. There is no command to do that. Only way is to manually delete the release folder and artifact. But it's not all - if you have used the "!git tag" option (ex. !git tag release-1.1.0), SQLcl will still check for existing tags ... ⤵️

100

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 24/02/2025

Having fun with SQLcl - few observations: 🔸 For some reason I had a package that was exported using .pkb and .pks for the body and spec. After I upgraded to the latest version, I now have the package duplicated in my repository, because both files are exported with .sql extension. ... continues ⤵️

120

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 21/02/2025

Yes, good option. You might laugh at me, but I haven't got Homebrew yet. So sticking to the classic way for now. However, one line of code is better, so next update might be that way :)

210

Plamen Mushkov @apexapplab.dev · 21/02/2025

Yes, updating the SQLcl version on my macbook is THAT simple: 🔸 Download the latest version archive 🔸 Extract to a folder (like sqlcl_new) 🔸 Rename your existing sqlcl folder (like sqlcl_old) 🔸 Rename sqlcl_new folder to sqlcl 🔸 Restart any open Terminal 🔸 plamen$ sql -v 🔸 SQLcl: Release 24.4.1.0 🎉

120

Reposted by Plamen Mushkov

Jon Dixon @jon.cloudnueva.com · 31/01/2025

Please read my latest post to learn how to use SQL scripts or Supporting Objects to re-enable APEX Automations automatically after deployment. #orclAPEX blog.cloudnueva.com/enable-apex-...

blog.cloudnueva.com

Re-Enable APEX Automations Post-Deployment

Read how to use SQL scripts or Supporting Objects to automatically re-enable APEX Automations after deployment.

3184