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I just pulled the plug on an empty fridge. Making noises like it is 1999... modelyear.

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Days since last sabotage of hotel fridge: 0. (Reset counter, and... Fridge was empty...)

Ok, the coffee is Western priced.... But phone signal is 4/5 and whole station superClean, esp washrooms. And happy-smiling real-ppl behind the counter.

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Fuel stations in "older europe" Please Take Note. In a station deep in rural Poland, I can charge at any table (and Yes, the sockets are actually under power)

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Getting closer to Poland.... #poug (and this German "Landhotel" can get an +/- OK mention for wifi)

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

These students have to pass serious entry-criteria. Any country that has a large influx of talented and entrepreneurial foreign students should be proud, and facilitate those young folks. These students can turn into LifeLong Ambassadors and contribute to the country, economically and culturally.

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Could not resist... The One Script to create a database. Hobby project got out of hand. Was Great Fun. I did re-learn a few things, also check the minor improvements. simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2026/08/draf... Normal Work will resume shortly. #oracle26ai #database #scripting #linux #SQL #sh

Creating an Oracle 26ai database from a Single Script - Cool.

TL;DR: The One Script you will Ever Need to create an Oracle 26ai Database . And for you to configure, should you want to. After a remark fr...

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Respect to the Baltics who took their Independence. (and a Very Respectful Tip to the Hat to the late Major-General Dudayev of the Sovjet Air Force, who allowed it to happen without bloodshed)

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

And let me add: Always Explain the Idea, the Concept. The script will follow from that. Never start with reading code, start with Understanding the Idea behind the code... Data is More Important than Code.

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

DBA, admin, Scripting. When you set out to combine, improve, maybe simplify a set of scripts... And you end up with a Rather Looong new script which then also needs some explaining to colleagues... #Simplify #includeComments #NeverHARDCODE (Parameters are Good, Defaults are Easier...)

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

And those who do not Design (and do not Think about) their datamodel are doomed to tweak and wrestle with their systems forever (the source of eternal work-hours, but often not very satisfying....)

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'd allow my code be AI-generated (and review it...) but I would keep Strict Control over my Data. (e.g. a data-model in an RDBMS with proper constraints!)

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thought: Design your Data! Datamodel and actual Data(-content) are More Important than "code" or (AI-) code-reviews... A well designed Data-model in a well Protected (RDBMS, Constraints!) will outlive "code" by several generations. And modifying "code" is a lot easier than "migrating data".

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

1/5 score. Your product is probably ok. But your nagging app made me quit.

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

And follow these instructions to disable your ad-blocker. (I disengage... )

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This was actually quite Fun to tweak with. Nice Memory. Idea came while listening to @chrisrsaxon.bsky.social. It got outlined on train-trip, then had to polish text and demo-scripts several days to get it "readable". Ended up with 3 blog-posts... Is it worthy of a ppt+demo session ?

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

There are those organizations that Know they have been hacked... And there are those that dont know, yet.

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Colleague with coffeemug, doing some shoulder-surfing while I rapidly logon to various screens... "Hmm.. you are obsessed with that Polish Conference eh ? me: huh? him: your password, it is accidentally visible... Fr0mN!2POUG2026 #POUG2026

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This title... so many use-cases

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In case anyone needs another motivation to go to #HOUG. Motovun is right there as well. www.facebook.com/reel/1299794...

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

And the less program, the less testing is needed, and the less Risk of PROD going berserk over some junior-promted-requirement.

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

(with relaxed thinking cap on) Code-generation is now so easy.. Any idiot can produce scripts or programs that do (approximately!) what he wants them to do. But who remembers: An extra Hour of Design, saves an Day of Programming. And a extra Day of Programming saves a Week of Testing?

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Agree n ia a much better name for the loop-variable.

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Guy next to me is working on Train-the-Trainer-for-the-Train-the-Trainer-Training.... Recursive datamodel anyone ?

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I went a bit OTT with my minimalistic-scripts to create a database. simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2026/07/draf... But it was Fun to tweak the scripts. I have a few more ideas, notes, suggestions. Maybe Later. First: I have a motorcycle to Ride.

Creating an Oracle 26ai database - Parameters and parameter-files.

TL;DR: The minimum amount of parameters for the init.ora when creating an Oracle 26ai database from scripts. Simple is better: I'll provide ...

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Solution: Put the SQL into an SQL-file and run That. cat<<EOF>show_echo.sql set echo on select 'Now you finally see the echo' as txt , 'Even multiline.' as txt2 , 'QED.' as txt3 from dual ; EOF sqlplus scott/tiger@orclpdb1 <<EOF @show_echo EOF Try it, and admire The multiline Echo

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This .. Came back when I tried to demo something - Again. Put this in do_it.sh: sqlplus scott/tiger@orclpdb1<<EOF select 'no echo yet' as txt from dual ; set echo on select 'still no echo' as txt from dual; EOF Not the echo you expect ! Happens to me time + again...

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Warm day, sitting in evening-shade. Just had a rabbit hopping up to me. At abt 2m it realized "oops, a human" and turned around....

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

After discussing with a colleague today. You only Really Learn a topic when you try to explain it to someone. (or when you try to write an exhaustive blog about it.. Fact-Check Everything, Verify, and Do Not Trust what you think you Know)

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Sitting in a metal barn, just underneath that big red Thunderstorm area W of Middelburg. Noise ! But the wind and rain are very welcome after the heatwave-days we just had.

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

How to discover typos in a text...? Press the send-button. Or Publish it.

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

And those are the ones we Know about....

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/06/2026

Amazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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KPMG report contained AI hallucinations on benefits of . . . AI

Bogus case studies on UBS and transit systems exaggerated adoption of the technology

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Had Good Fun examining and tweaking the (DBCA-generated) scripts to create a database... #oracle26ai #DBCA #CLI /cc @oracleace.bsky.social Curious: Anyone still using those script? Any preference for scripts over Templates ? simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2026/06/orac...

Oracle 26ai DBCA scripts that (help you to) create a database

TL;DR: Still on my quest to Create an Oracle 26ai Database From Scripts. I'll examine some of the resulting scripts from DBCA. Image: Critic...

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Oracle 26ai: The "Assistant" is still alive and clicking. Before you ask some random LLM, visit this legacy-assistant. It has been there since the dawn of time, check out that X11 UI... #Oracle26ai simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2026/06/crea...

Creating a Database: Ask DBCA to help you...

TL;DR: The scripts generated by DBCA work, although some tweaks and caveats apply. But in the end: Yes. They Work! image: Startup of the DBC...

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

And dont you just love the fact that AI can generate your clip-art ?

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Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm playing with scripts again... Old hobby project of mine: Create a Database with just scripts. This time using #Oracle26ai. simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2026/06/crea... (are there any script-jockeys left out there who still do this?)

Creating an Oracle 26ai Database from Scratch using scripts

TL;DR: I want Scripts. Hence I am going to try and create an Oracle 26ai database purely using scripts. Specifically not recovering any temp...

Piet de Visser @pdevisser.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I think there are more contenders: Czech Republic, Most of the Balkan countries, Norway... I'm shure the ppl there also have an opinion on their local beers.