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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 19h

If you use uc-local-apex-dev you need one command to get to #orclAPEX 26.2: local-26ai.sh upgrade-apex (takes a few mins but runs without you having to do anything). Run local-26ai.sh shrink-space to remove 26.1 after you validated everything works fine.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 02/10/2026

Widgets are coming soon to the #orclAPEX UC AI plug-in:

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 16/09/2026

They installed the olympic ballon torch again, but it ended 2 days ago 🥲

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 09/09/2026

It's a wrap. Biggest UC AI release ever. Small and big improvements. I will do more learning material about it in the next weeks. BTW: free + open source. #orclAPEX #AI #PLSQL #oracle

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 22/07/2026

Many high risk vulnerabilities in the Oracle Database ( 19.3-19.31, 21.3-21.22, 23.4.0-23.26.2). It's patching time...

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 30/06/2026

My local DB (uc-local-apex-dev) was running full. Improved the local-26ai.sh shrink-space script by: - removing old APEX installations - Reclaiming space from APEX internal BLOBs - Reclaiming space from audit log - Data file resizing In total reclaimed 6 GB 👍. #orclAPEX

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 16/06/2026

Dimitri lighting a bonfire for the #orclAPEX community @dgielis.com

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 16/06/2026

How to do Real Time communication in #orclAPEX. Kevin Thysen and Vito Van Hecke at #Kscope26

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 01/06/2026

Looking to generate #orclAPEX apps with APEXlang? You should join our webinar tomorrow! We will showcase an approach that save over 50% of $/tokens/time and thus is smarter as LLMs fatigue quickly. And the best part: you will be able to do the exact same thing at home. (links in comment)

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 28/05/2026

I've been experimenting with an approach where agents don't need to relearn #orclAPEX APEXlang syntax every time – instead they get tools to read, query and edit .apx files directly. Results look great, learn more in our stream next Tuesday (see reply)!

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 22/05/2026

Cooking something to make it easier for AI agents to work with #APEXlang looks quite promising. Will release very soon. #orclAPEX

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 21/05/2026

APEX Connect 26 was exceptional as always! Great to see many friends again, learn about #orclAPEX 26.1 (and that my body still does not like rollercoasters 🎢). Thanks DOAG and everyone involved! Looking forward to APEXconn27 in Cologne! #APEXConn

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 14/05/2026

Git pull uc-local-apex-dev and run this to upgrade to 26.1 . Still waiting for ORDS 26.1.1 to be available from the container registry. #orclAPEX

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 22/04/2026

No need to ask for votes in the APEX Ideas app 😁 #orclAPEX

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 12/03/2026

I am playing with the idea to downgrade my phone to an e-ink one. Should just work for texting, GPS, mobile payments, and a bit of web surfing. I fear dopamine addiction is doing quite some harm and I am definitely addicted to my phone.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 10/02/2026

Today I am giving the two-day AI Workshop for the first time. Super excited, will be lots of fun. #ucAI @united-codes.com

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 19/01/2026

Working on repsonses API support for UC AI.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 06/01/2026

Scripted migration from 23ai to 26ai for uc-local-apex-dev coming soon... It will (mostly) automatically migrate all your schemas, APEX workspaces, apps, and ORDS modules. #orclAPEX

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 23/11/2025

Adding an AI disclaimer to my blog. I also think one way to keep blogging fun and meaningful is getting more personal. I often read others' blogs because I value their thinking and personal touch. For an LLM, it is easy to just restate some neutral facts.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 14/11/2025

Working on Toon support in UC AI. Its a more dense (less tokens) format for displaying data. E.g.: [2]{id,active}: 1,true 2,false

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 05/11/2025

It's definitely a bubble. Claude Haiku 4.5 just calculated a simple subtraction wrong: 17-4-2...

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 04/11/2025

Join me next week where I will talk about #orclAPEX UX: apex.oracle.com/go/ace-masters Also big thanks to the attendees of #HROUG, this UX session was voted best lecture of the conference :).

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 03/11/2025

Working on a naming conventions page for #dbLinter. It previews the current regex with test values. I created a custom #orclAPEX plug-in for that. Definitely time-consuming, but it's worth it to build great experiences #UX.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 31/10/2025

Finally got to see One Battle After Another yesterday. Outstanding movie - great acting, cinematography, and hilarious. Completely got sucked in by the story and characters.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 29/10/2025

Nice, the new @github.com dashboard shows me a PR from a repo I have never seen before:

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 28/10/2025

I am playing around with #ActivityWatch (FOSS) to track my computer usage and automatically categorize it by project. VS Code and browser plug-ins plus regex rules help with this. Quite powerful.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 23/10/2025

The last days were splendid. First time attending the great #HROUG conference. It takes place on an island before Rovinj, Croatia. Great conference, but especially fun. Played tennis, went running and swimming, and enjoyed the parties.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 16/10/2025

. @alexnuijten.bsky.social seems to be lost. You are in 🇭🇷 at the great #HROUG25 conference! Jokes aside great session about apple pies and spatial data.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 14/10/2025

New blogging achievement: somebody posted me on Hacker News 🤯

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 11/10/2025

Last evening in Pula, moving to Rovinj tomorrow.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 05/10/2025

Just arrived in Croatia 🇭🇷 (Pula). Weather not as expected but will get better 😂. And next week I will go to Rovinj for the HROUG conference!

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 22/09/2025

Crazy xAI's new Grok4 fast model does the unthinkable. It is one of the most intelligent models, while being one of the cheapest and the fastest. Didn't think this was possible. (Benchmarks from artifical analysis)

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 16/09/2025

Trying to find out what the others are doing under the hood. (mitmproxy)

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 11/09/2025

Is there any good workaround on how to put big clobs (>32767 char) to a JSON_OBJECT_T in older Oracle versions (18c and less)? #oracle

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 09/09/2025

Big agenda for tomorrow. All PL/SQL with our free open-source "UC AI" SDK. All with interactive #orclAPEX demos. See the referenced post for links to join the webinar.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 04/09/2025

Wohoo. The open space (?) of the hook is a bit too small but luckily the print flexes. So it is actually now unlikely that I accidentally unhook it. If I knew I would one shot it I would have used a better print profile and white PLA 🥳

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 04/09/2025

Google Gemini models are now available in beta on OCI. Currently only in Ashburn, and they actually are not hosted in #OCI; your traffic gets rerouted to Google (like with xAI)... Also nice UX ✅important✅

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 04/09/2025

First time creating my own non-trivial 3D model. Starting the first print; fingers crossed that it turns out fine. It's a shower squeegee holder/hook.

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 26/08/2025

Next week, @kthyssen.bsky.social and I are doing our APEX Security Basics session in a webinar. This was awarded best APEX KScope25 session. No sign-up required; links in reply. #orclAPEX

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Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · 25/08/2025

The duality of Cohere with OCI 😤

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