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Christian Berg

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Analytics, Data, AI&ML 24/7; Oracle ACE Director Alumnus♠; My views are always my own!

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Yup, I'm back again talking about not relying on implicit datatype conversions 😀. Read this before upgrading to 26ai, especially for APEX. connor-mcdonald.com/2026/01/28/d...
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Datatype Discipline – Even more so in 26ai
I know … I know … I probably sound like a broken record. As I scroll back through my blog archives, I see myself continuously bleating on about using data types carefully in the databas…
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Julian Frey @julianfrey.ch · 16/01/2026
Oracle Database is entering a new era with Oracle 26ai, bringing AI-native capabilities directly into the core of the database. Join us at the #OracleBeerBern meetup to learn more about. @oracleace.bsky.social 🍻🍻 👇👇 www.meetup.com/oracle-beer/...
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Oracle 26ai for DBAs, Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Oracle Database is entering a new era with **Oracle 26ai**, bringing AI-native capabilities directly into the core of the database. But what does this really mean for **DBA
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Swiss Oracle User Community @swissouc.ch · 16/01/2026
🚀Get ready for Oracle 26ai at the next #OracleBeerBern on February 12!✨
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Julian Frey @julianfrey.ch · 26/01/2026
🍺🚀 Oracle Beer Meetup – Bern Join us for an on-site session on Oracle Database 26ai for Devs with @connormcd.bsky.social on Mar 23 at Denkbar by Edorex. Tech talk + beers + great people. 🍻 👉 RSVP: meetup.com/oracle-beer/... @oracleace #Meetup #Oracle26ai
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Oracle 26ai for Devs – On-site in Bern 🇨🇭🍺, Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Join us for the next **Oracle Beer Bern** meetup as we dive into **Oracle Database 26ai** and what it means for developers. We’re excited to welcome **Connor McDonald** **o
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Gerald Venzl @gvenzl.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
gvenzl/oracle-free images are now available for #Oracle AI #Database 23.26.0!
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Oracle AI Database 23.26.0 Free multi-platform images now available on gvenzl/oracle-free
Oracle AI Database 23.26.0 Free multi-platform images are now available on container registries docker.io/gvenzl/oracle-free and ghcr.io/gvenzl/oracle-free. With this release, 23.8 images have now gone into Unsupported. See the support matrix for more information.
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Martin Berger @martinberger.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Oracle AI Database 26ai replaces Oracle Database 23ai
Larry Ellison announced Oracle AI Database 26ai  today in his keynote at Oracle AI World conference in Las Vegas. And I am pretty certain you may want some clarification on what this means exactly.…
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Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Recognized for their technical expertise and commitment to community engagement, Oracle ACEs are devoted to sharing their knowledge wherever innovation takes place. Explore the list below to discover where you can engage with the ACEs in September 2025.👉 blogs.oracle.com/ace/post/ora...
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Pretty proud and excited to announce that #POUG2025 is sold out!😎 Thank you for your support & trust. It's gonna be super fun, just look at the agenda: poug.org/edycja/poug-... See you next week! POUG Team
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Canadian Hammer 🇨🇦 🔨 @canadianhammer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty” … or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾 www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
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Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Messy PL/SQL? Sloppy SQL? @Philipp Salvisberg shows you how to clean it up with style — and VS Code. 🔥 Code smarter, not harder. #POUG2025 poug.org/en/edycja/po...
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Oracle Enterprise Manager has a new AI-powered sibling. Hype? Hope? Or the real deal? Join @julianfrey.ch at the #POUG2025, as he puts EM 24ai under the microscope. poug.org/en/edycja/po...
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
At #POUG2025, @chandlerdba.bsky.social will walk (or race) us through the trickiest memory issues – from leaks to limits, from WTFs to workarounds. Brace yourself. It’s gonna get intense and hilariously relatable. poug2025.konfeo.com
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Whether you're curious, skeptical, or already experimenting, you don’t want to miss this one. 👇 At #POUG2025, @gianniceresa.bsky.social explores how Python + AI agents can do more than just generate answers: they can act, decide, and solve real tasks autonomously. poug.org/edycja/poug-...
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Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🎉 The 2025/2026 Oracle ACE Program members have just been announced! Join us in celebrating the incredible contributors, experts, and community leaders making a difference in the Oracle world. Check out the full list and let’s congratulate the new ACEs! 👉 blogs.oracle.com/ace/post/int... #OracleACE
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 23/06/2025
Tukey xkcd.com/3104/
Comic. [block quote] “Far better an approximate answer to the *right* question, which is often vague, than an *exact* answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.” -John W. Tukey, The Future of Data Analysis (1962) [caption] Happy Approximate Birthday to John Tukey, author of my favorite statistics quote, who was born 110.000 years ago sometime this week.
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Planning a move to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure? At #POUG2025, @floo.bar will show you how to completely mess it up - and more importantly, how not to. 😅 Book your ticket now or cry later: poug.org/edycja/poug-...
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Surrogate or natural keys? Enums or lookup tables for status codes? Store or calculate derived values? At #POUG2025, @chrisrsaxon.bsky.social won’t just tell you how to design a database - you’ll vote, debate, and decide! Come for the schema, stay for the chaos. 🧠🔥 poug.org/edycja/poug-...
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Chris Saxon @chrisrsaxon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
@brendan-tierney.bsky.social building a AI agent on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to answer questions about Shakespeare This could help students prepare for exam on Shakespeare by giving example answers to past questions #AOUG25
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Martin Bach @martindba.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
@brendan-tierney.bsky.social now presenting about creating AI Agents to better understand Shakespeare. And the Oracle docs. That would have come in handy back then 😀 #AOUG25
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Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
With great pleasure, we announce the promotion to Oracle ACE Director of Mirela Ardelean. Mirela has shown relentless dedication to the Oracle community & deep technical expertise. ♠️ Thanks for the recommendation, Monica Godoy, Sandesh Rao, and Mike Dietrich! ace.oracle.com/apex/ace/pro...
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Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Join MakeIT 2025 & JCON OpenBlend Slovenia 2025, dedicated to developers and decision-makers. 👉 JCON OpenBlend Slovenia 2025 is a community event with a focus on Java and open-source technologies. 👉 MakeIT 2025 is centered around Oracle technologies. Register now 👉 makeit.si #OracleACE
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Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Join ITOUG Tech Day 2025 this week in Milan. The streams will include Database, APEX, and Analytics & AI. Register for free and hear from many great ACE speakers ♠️ 👉 itoug.it/eventi/itoug... #OracleACE
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The mix of technical knowledge, an engaged audience, and a non-formal atmosphere. Only at #POUG2025! Listen to @martinwidlake.bsky.social advice and join us in September: poug.org/edycja/poug-...
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Gianni Ceresa @gianniceresa.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
What are you doing early September? I have the answer for you: you are in Poznan (Poland) attending #POUG2025 ! I can't even imagine you could have other plans, because the events organized by @pougorg.bsky.social are too good to be missed. Have a look at the agenda: poug.org/edycja/poug-...
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Gianni Ceresa @gianniceresa.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
It’s #ougn2025 time! The conference is back on the boat and about to start with they opening keynote.
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Kim Berg Hansen: SQL ♠ 🤓 👨‍🍳 🍺 @kibeha.dk · 13/05/2025
"Second to none"... Yup, Martin's right, #POUG2025 is #1️⃣ (Disclaimer, I'm a #POUGaholic too...)
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a man in front of a microphone with the words second to none written below him
ALT: a man in front of a microphone with the words second to none written below him
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Sabine Heimsath 🇺🇦🇪🇺😷 @oraesque.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#POUG2025 🥰 Agenda: poug.org/edycja/poug-... Tickets: poug2025.konfeo.com
I am a speaker at
POUG 2025
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Neil Chandler @chandlerdba.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This September. Don't have FOMO! The @pougorg.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference. the best line up of Oracle speakers you'll ever find having fun and learning Want your systems to be better? Be there Want to have fun? Be there check it out! poug.org/edycja/poug-... #POUG2025 #POUGaholic
Polish pint with oracle user group log advertising POUG 2025 conference in September. in Poznan. miss out and you'll regret it. you'll miss the fun. you'll miss the knowledge. what more could you want? quarter of the price of really big conferences and it doesn't start at 8am either. who the hell wants to be at a conference at 8am? not even the organizers. so come to POUG. I'll be there. I hope you will too, although there's not that many tickets so good luck with that.

And you will get to see me make a fool of myself. again. OK, like every year but I'll try to make it entertaining. And so will everyone else.
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We think you'd enjoy #POUG2025 too. You can meet @jloracle.bsky.social and the rest of the gang in September. Last tickets with 20% discount: poug.org/edycja/poug-...
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It is time. #POUG2025 agenda in their hands. @ora600pl.bsky.social @radekkut.bsky.social
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Luiza Nowak @luizafrompoland.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I already have the #POUG2025 agenda ready. But they are so cute working on it. @pougorg.bsky.social
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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"Can you jump on a call?" connor-mcdonald.com/2025/04/10/d...
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Don’t jump on that Zoom call … at least not right away
I’m sure many of you have seen the memes and the like on social media where every time someone says “Can you join a Zoom call?” or “Can you pop onto Teams?” and we all…
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Vergiss langweilige Konferenzen mit Verkaufsmaschen und null Mehrwert 🙄 Komm zu einem 100 % Tech-Event direkt hinter der Grenze - und werde Teil einer einzigartigen Community. #POUG2025 wartet im September auf dich! 🔥 poug.org/en/
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Satan @thedevil.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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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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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
As we said - we want you all to join us and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the POUG conference. So if you missed -50% and -30%, here's your next chance. It won't be cheaper, just saying! poug2025.konfeo.com/en/groups #POUG2025
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rmoff 🏃‍♂️🫖🥓 @rmoff.net · 03/03/2025
Good article from @joereis.bsky.social about data modelling: The Tension of Orthodoxy and Speed joereis.substack.com/p/the-tensio... #dataBS #dataEngineering
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Christian Berg @christianberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Listening to a video by @connormcd.bsky.social with the auto translation enabled. Apart from sounding like a clickbait phishing ad, the topical content is almost incomprehensible 🤣
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
You don't want to miss this one. Submit your session for the #POUG2025 and join us as a Speaker 😎 sessionize.com/poug-2025/
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Polish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Another day to mark in your calendars: #POUG2025 CfP opens on February 1st! Stay tuned. 🙌
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Why Introverts HATE Phone Calls
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Why Introverts HATE Phone Calls | 5 Quick Tips to Help Manage Them
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Christian Berg @christianberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Where are my fellow Futurama lovers tonight? :-D
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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Best! Year! Ever! It's hard to put into words how much inspiration this community gives me - so I made a short video instead :-) Bring on 2025! youtu.be/D8VzdCf-oHc
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2024...Best...Year...Ever!
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Christian Berg @christianberg.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
It's crazy how only reason of existence for the cesspit previously known as t... is now some group chats who can't move here yet. Come on add that feature already so I can close that chapter.
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Brendan Tierney @brendan-tierney.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Some Christmas cheer using SQL #data #database #sql youtu.be/3RsWqR9zSmw
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SQL Christmas Fun
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Jasmin Fluri @jasminfluri.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
After my last blog post, a discussion started about user permissions and CI/CD. So, I wrote a short story about the problem that occurs when using a schema user for application access or in database schema deployments. @oracleace.bsky.social medium.com/@jasminfluri...
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Permission Concept for Database CI/CD in the Oracle Database
CI/CD changed how we manage and deploy database changes. This article explains how to set up application- and deployment users correctly.
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Brendan Tierney @brendan-tierney.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The Council of Europe's Comm. on #AI have released a Methodology for Rish and Impact Assessment of #AI systems from the point of view of human rights, democracy and law (HUDERIA methodology) rm.coe.int/cai-2024-16r...
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Christian Berg @christianberg.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
People of BlueSky: Let's get to know each other better! What is one of your favorite movies? Quote share your answer only in GIF form:
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Kamil Stawiarski @ora600pl.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
At some conferences this year I promised to create a blog post about JAS-MIN to explain how to use this tool - I'm glad I was able to do it before the end of the year 😅 blog.ora-600.pl/2024/12/13/j... Have fun!
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JAS-MIN | Ora-600
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