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Why a One-Week Report for AWR Sizing in Azure

Submitted by dbakevlar on Fri, 2020-10-16 20:25

It’s not uncommon for different recommended practices to arise in technical sizing and optimization practices.  For many, it’s a compromise between most optimal data and ease of access vs. impact on production environments, which is no different from what we face when sizing Oracle on Azure.

Understanding as a Flawed Ally How We All Can be Better

Submitted by dbakevlar on Mon, 2020-02-10 00:38

It was brought to my ADHD attention, that one of our community members is leaving after she was made to feel unwelcome by some who, (IMHO) have insecurities so deep, that they have nothing else better to do than do harm to others.

ADHD and Certification Tests- A Tale of Disaster

Submitted by dbakevlar on Mon, 2019-12-30 17:10

I don’t talk too much about my Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, (ADHD) brain outside of the occasional squirrel joke and more often view it as a super power, but when it is a challenge, I think it’s important to share what we go through.  You can’t solve a problem if you don’t know it is one.

ADHD and Autism

For those that aren’t aware, I was diagnosed with ADHD/on the spectrum for autism back in 2004-2005.  Its not that I wasn’t before this, I just grew up in a very rural area. I fully demonstrated traditional traits for a kid that suffered from both, just no one diagnosed me until one of my own children was diagnosed, (which is quite common.)  At that point in my life, I’d developed numerous, effective, coping mechanisms, but it still created enough challenges that I required medication to address some of the more serious symptoms.

Docker and Windows 10 with 1709 Patch aka Killing Me Slowly

Submitted by dbakevlar on Fri, 2018-02-09 01:20

So I transitioned in the last years from having a development lab, to VMs, to the cloud and now, tired of slow WiFi, been happily using Docker for most of my demos.  As of January, the latest upgrade to Windows 10, aka patch version 109, has been like a bad cat fight.

Driving for Change- Women of Oracle

Submitted by dbakevlar on Tue, 2017-10-03 21:35

Somehow I’ve made it a pastime of pointing out how many times women are passed up for recognition while men are promoted around them. Its not that the men were identified as better or worse than women, but just about how heavily we scrutinize and limit women while everyone else passes them by. Now I’m going to ask the Oracle folks to not take this personally, but hopefully take it as a call to arms, but I know how we love to shoot the messenger.  Hopefully you already know that I will have no qualms about deleting abusive or threatening comments to this post, so please think twice before doing and really think on what I’m posting here.

Death of the DBA, Long Live the DBA

Submitted by dbakevlar on Fri, 2017-09-15 18:15

I planned on finishing up and publishing a different post today, but after a number of conversations with DBAs in the community, this topic took precedence.

Archaic Data Transfer- A DBA Rant

Submitted by dbakevlar on Thu, 2017-08-24 15:35

There was a great post by Noel Yuhanna on how he deems the number of DBAs required in a database environment by size and number of databases.  This challenge has created a situation where data platforms are searching for ways to remove this roadblock and eliminate the skills needed to manage the database tier.

Successful Evangelism

Submitted by dbakevlar on Thu, 2017-08-03 16:54

I’ve been asked what it takes to be a successful evangelist and realizing that what makes one successful at it, is often like holding sand in your hands- no matter how tightly you hold your fists, it’s difficult to contain the grains.

The term evangelist is one that either receives very positive or very negative responses.  I’m not a fan of the term, but no matter if you use this term or call them advocates, representative, influencer-  it doesn’t matter, they are essential to the business, product or technology that they become the voice for.

Those that I view as successful evangelists in the communities that I am part of?

Ten Things I Really Hate About Tech Today

Submitted by dbakevlar on Tue, 2017-05-02 16:08

I love working in tech.  I can honestly say that nothing gives me greater satisfaction than working on a technical challenge or having a brilliant conversation about technology with peers.  Other days I feel like a broken record having the same conversations with the women in technology around me, facing a lack of diversity and the consistent exclusion in tech.

Fixing Development Mistakes from the Command Line with Delphix TimeFlow

Submitted by dbakevlar on Fri, 2017-03-31 16:58

How many times have you had a developer come to you and say, “I just did a bad thing in the database.  Can you recover from what I just did?”