Doug Drechsel
@databasedoug.bsky.social
Oracle Developer Evangelist interested in Database, AI and Cloud with a focus on Micro Service development, Spring, Mobile and full stack.
"Innovation is a process of failing fairly regularly.”
"Innovation is a process of failing fairly regularly.”
Stoic philosopher Epictetus reminds us how to live:
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
Source: Enchiridion
#Stoicism #Epictetus #Philosophy #Wisdom #Mindset #Virtue #SelfMastery #LifeLessons
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
Source: Enchiridion
#Stoicism #Epictetus #Philosophy #Wisdom #Mindset #Virtue #SelfMastery #LifeLessons
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Stoic philosopher Epictetus reminds us how to live:
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
Source: Enchiridion
#Stoicism #Epictetus #Philosophy #Wisdom #Mindset #Virtue #SelfMastery #LifeLessons
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
Source: Enchiridion
#Stoicism #Epictetus #Philosophy #Wisdom #Mindset #Virtue #SelfMastery #LifeLessons
Ditch chatbot obsession—AI’s real power is in specialized solutions, says Gary Marcus. I agree
Editorial:
nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Learn about building specialized AI with Oracle AI Optimizer & Toolkit.
oracle.com/database/ai-...
#Oracle #AI #SpecializedAI #AIInnovation
Editorial:
nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Learn about building specialized AI with Oracle AI Optimizer & Toolkit.
oracle.com/database/ai-...
#Oracle #AI #SpecializedAI #AIInnovation
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Investing in the Wrong A.I.
nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ditch chatbot obsession—AI’s real power is in specialized solutions, says Gary Marcus. I agree
Editorial:
nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Learn about building specialized AI with Oracle AI Optimizer & Toolkit.
oracle.com/database/ai-...
#Oracle #AI #SpecializedAI #AIInnovation
Editorial:
nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Learn about building specialized AI with Oracle AI Optimizer & Toolkit.
oracle.com/database/ai-...
#Oracle #AI #SpecializedAI #AIInnovation
Larry Ellison’s #Oracle #AI World keynote is a must‑watch.
First hour: how AI powers Oracle products—from infrastructure to apps.
Last 30 mins: Oracle + partners solving real problems with AI reasoning. Fascinating insights into what’s next.
🎥 youtu.be/4eCFmbX5rAQ
#EnterpriseAI #Visionary
First hour: how AI powers Oracle products—from infrastructure to apps.
Last 30 mins: Oracle + partners solving real problems with AI reasoning. Fascinating insights into what’s next.
🎥 youtu.be/4eCFmbX5rAQ
#EnterpriseAI #Visionary
Larry Ellison Keynote on Oracle's Vision and Strategy: Oracle AI World 2025
YouTube video by Oracle
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Larry Ellison’s #Oracle #AI World keynote is a must‑watch.
First hour: how AI powers Oracle products—from infrastructure to apps.
Last 30 mins: Oracle + partners solving real problems with AI reasoning. Fascinating insights into what’s next.
🎥 youtu.be/4eCFmbX5rAQ
#EnterpriseAI #Visionary
First hour: how AI powers Oracle products—from infrastructure to apps.
Last 30 mins: Oracle + partners solving real problems with AI reasoning. Fascinating insights into what’s next.
🎥 youtu.be/4eCFmbX5rAQ
#EnterpriseAI #Visionary
Larry Ellison is running the table—leading Oracle’s AI surge, big media moves, and bold deals like TikTok USA. At 81, his vision and resilience keep him a giant in tech’s fast-changing world.
#LarryEllison #Oracle #AI #Leadership #TechLegend #Innovation #MediaDeals #CloudComputing
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#LarryEllison #Oracle #AI #Leadership #TechLegend #Innovation #MediaDeals #CloudComputing
bit.ly/3WDlm97
Larry Ellison’s Latest Gambit to Keep Oracle on Top Is His Biggest Bet Ever
Oracle has roared into the AI gold rush, but it’s taking on huge amounts of debt to do so. Last month’s $18 billion bond offering could be just the beginning.
www.barrons.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Larry Ellison is running the table—leading Oracle’s AI surge, big media moves, and bold deals like TikTok USA. At 81, his vision and resilience keep him a giant in tech’s fast-changing world.
#LarryEllison #Oracle #AI #Leadership #TechLegend #Innovation #MediaDeals #CloudComputing
bit.ly/3WDlm97
#LarryEllison #Oracle #AI #Leadership #TechLegend #Innovation #MediaDeals #CloudComputing
bit.ly/3WDlm97
I have so many questions
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I have so many questions
Check out my new #Oracle Newsletter for #Developers! 🚀 Packed with curated blogs on Oracle tech, practical tips, and innovations to help you build smarter and faster. #AI, #Microservices, #SQL, #CloudNative — find your next spark here!
medium.com/oracledevs/o...
medium.com/oracledevs/o...
Oracle Developer Newsletter
I’m an Oracle Developer Evangelist, and I love this job. It lets me dive into Oracle’s latest technologies and share why developers should…
medium.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Check out my new #Oracle Newsletter for #Developers! 🚀 Packed with curated blogs on Oracle tech, practical tips, and innovations to help you build smarter and faster. #AI, #Microservices, #SQL, #CloudNative — find your next spark here!
medium.com/oracledevs/o...
medium.com/oracledevs/o...
One of the great scientific endeavors of the modern age
#Beer #Archeology #AncientParties
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
#Beer #Archeology #AncientParties
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol,’ Dies at 80
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One of the great scientific endeavors of the modern age
#Beer #Archeology #AncientParties
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
#Beer #Archeology #AncientParties
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
This weeks listen
Its title is inspired by the 1924 Russian dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. We was the first novel officially banned in the Soviet Union.
Excessive ambition, big ideas, complex arrangements, count me in!
#ProgRock #Music #ArcadeFire
open.spotify.com/album/2sAePf...
Its title is inspired by the 1924 Russian dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. We was the first novel officially banned in the Soviet Union.
Excessive ambition, big ideas, complex arrangements, count me in!
#ProgRock #Music #ArcadeFire
open.spotify.com/album/2sAePf...
WE
open.spotify.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This weeks listen
Its title is inspired by the 1924 Russian dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. We was the first novel officially banned in the Soviet Union.
Excessive ambition, big ideas, complex arrangements, count me in!
#ProgRock #Music #ArcadeFire
open.spotify.com/album/2sAePf...
Its title is inspired by the 1924 Russian dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. We was the first novel officially banned in the Soviet Union.
Excessive ambition, big ideas, complex arrangements, count me in!
#ProgRock #Music #ArcadeFire
open.spotify.com/album/2sAePf...
Scale, security, performance. Our #cloud is built for the largest workloads across industries, helping countless organizations with the trusted cloud and #AI services they need to succeed.
www.oracle.com/cloud/
www.oracle.com/cloud/
September 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Scale, security, performance. Our #cloud is built for the largest workloads across industries, helping countless organizations with the trusted cloud and #AI services they need to succeed.
www.oracle.com/cloud/
www.oracle.com/cloud/
#AI is reshaping software development. #GPT-5 hitting limits shows bigger models alone won’t deliver #AGI. The future is hybrid AI and new dev skills.
I mapped a 3-year roadmap: from AI-assisted coding now to symbolic + neural AI systems ahead.
#TechSkills #AIDev
bit.ly/41HAFke
I mapped a 3-year roadmap: from AI-assisted coding now to symbolic + neural AI systems ahead.
#TechSkills #AIDev
bit.ly/41HAFke
GPT-5 Hit the Wall. Here’s Your 3-Year Roadmap for What Comes Next
I have worked in software development for almost 40 years. I’ve seen development trends come and go, but I have never seen the likes of AI…
bit.ly
September 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#AI is reshaping software development. #GPT-5 hitting limits shows bigger models alone won’t deliver #AGI. The future is hybrid AI and new dev skills.
I mapped a 3-year roadmap: from AI-assisted coding now to symbolic + neural AI systems ahead.
#TechSkills #AIDev
bit.ly/41HAFke
I mapped a 3-year roadmap: from AI-assisted coding now to symbolic + neural AI systems ahead.
#TechSkills #AIDev
bit.ly/41HAFke
Safest #AI bets? Infrastructure & hardware. Friday’s jobs report could give them another lift if rate‑cut hopes lower capex costs.
#AIInnovation
#TechStocks
bit.ly/3JUmYrX
#AIInnovation
#TechStocks
bit.ly/3JUmYrX
Apple, Meta, Google CEOs Dined With Trump. Where AI Trade Goes From Here.
Trump’s Fed dispute heats up, Broadcom reveals new $10 billion AI customer, Goldman to invest in T. Rowe Price, and more news to start your day.
www.barrons.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Safest #AI bets? Infrastructure & hardware. Friday’s jobs report could give them another lift if rate‑cut hopes lower capex costs.
#AIInnovation
#TechStocks
bit.ly/3JUmYrX
#AIInnovation
#TechStocks
bit.ly/3JUmYrX
#Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI 1.4.0 is GA.
Build #Microservices with #SpringBoot or #Helidon, prototype #AI chatbots, agents, and RAG services. #Observability is unified with #SigNoz.
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
Build #Microservices with #SpringBoot or #Helidon, prototype #AI chatbots, agents, and RAG services. #Observability is unified with #SigNoz.
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
Unlock AI-Powered Microservices with Oracle Backend 1.4.0
The team is thrilled to announce the general availability of Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI 1.4.0 — production-ready and packed…
medium.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI 1.4.0 is GA.
Build #Microservices with #SpringBoot or #Helidon, prototype #AI chatbots, agents, and RAG services. #Observability is unified with #SigNoz.
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
Build #Microservices with #SpringBoot or #Helidon, prototype #AI chatbots, agents, and RAG services. #Observability is unified with #SigNoz.
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
This week's #listen. See if you can spot David Gilmour's guitar work on some of the tracks on Disc 1
#70s #80s #music
open.spotify.com/album/2V1Mbu...
#70s #80s #music
open.spotify.com/album/2V1Mbu...
Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023
open.spotify.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This week's #listen. See if you can spot David Gilmour's guitar work on some of the tracks on Disc 1
#70s #80s #music
open.spotify.com/album/2V1Mbu...
#70s #80s #music
open.spotify.com/album/2V1Mbu...
Reposted by Doug Drechsel
Lee Corso makes his final College GameDay headgear pick on Saturday
Lots of data viz here: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lznH0
Here's all 430 of his picks, in one chart 👇
Lots of data viz here: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lznH0
Here's all 430 of his picks, in one chart 👇
August 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Lee Corso makes his final College GameDay headgear pick on Saturday
Lots of data viz here: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lznH0
Here's all 430 of his picks, in one chart 👇
Lots of data viz here: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lznH0
Here's all 430 of his picks, in one chart 👇
Most enterprise #AI fails not because it’s weak, but because it’s too confidently wrong; the winners are building AI that knows when it doesn’t know.
www.forbes.com/sites/jaimec...
www.forbes.com/sites/jaimec...
MIT Says 95% Of Enterprise AI Fail- Here’s What The 5% Are Doing Right
To succeed, enterprises must demand that AI is transparent about its uncertainty, integrated into workflows, and capable of improving with every interaction.
www.forbes.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Most enterprise #AI fails not because it’s weak, but because it’s too confidently wrong; the winners are building AI that knows when it doesn’t know.
www.forbes.com/sites/jaimec...
www.forbes.com/sites/jaimec...
The real question isn’t “which framework is best?”
It’s “which framework is best for this service, in this context?”
#CloudNative #Microservices #SpringBoot #Helidon #Java #Architecture
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
It’s “which framework is best for this service, in this context?”
#CloudNative #Microservices #SpringBoot #Helidon #Java #Architecture
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
Framework Choice Strategy: When to Use Spring Boot vs Helidon in Cloud-Native Microservices
Introduction
medium.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The real question isn’t “which framework is best?”
It’s “which framework is best for this service, in this context?”
#CloudNative #Microservices #SpringBoot #Helidon #Java #Architecture
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
It’s “which framework is best for this service, in this context?”
#CloudNative #Microservices #SpringBoot #Helidon #Java #Architecture
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
Origami bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. Cool
#origami #space
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
#origami #space
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
Video: New Origami Design Could Help With Space Engineering
Researchers discovered a new type of origami called bloom patterns, which are repeating tiles of creased patterns that rotate symmetrically around a center. Engineers are working on real-life applicat...
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Origami bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. Cool
#origami #space
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
#origami #space
www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...
Built a pluggable #microservices framework: now #Spring Boot & #Helidon run side‑by‑side on #Oracle Backend. 🚀
#Vibecoded it in a month, AI‑assisted. 👉
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
#Vibecoded it in a month, AI‑assisted. 👉
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
Vibecoding a Pluggable Microservices Framework: How I Added Helidon Support to Oracle’s Platform
When Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI first launched, it supported only Spring Boot applications. Developers soon began requesting…
medium.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Built a pluggable #microservices framework: now #Spring Boot & #Helidon run side‑by‑side on #Oracle Backend. 🚀
#Vibecoded it in a month, AI‑assisted. 👉
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
#Vibecoded it in a month, AI‑assisted. 👉
medium.com/@DatabaseDou...
Another great #album by Florida's JJ Grey and Mofro.
A richly textured blend of swamp #funk, #blues, and #rock.
👍
open.spotify.com/album/1TK4IG...
A richly textured blend of swamp #funk, #blues, and #rock.
👍
open.spotify.com/album/1TK4IG...
Olustee
JJ Grey & Mofro · Album · 2024 · 11 songs
open.spotify.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Another great #album by Florida's JJ Grey and Mofro.
A richly textured blend of swamp #funk, #blues, and #rock.
👍
open.spotify.com/album/1TK4IG...
A richly textured blend of swamp #funk, #blues, and #rock.
👍
open.spotify.com/album/1TK4IG...
When University of Amsterdam researchers deployed 500 uniquely‑styled #ChatGPT bots on a simulated #SocialNetwork, they soon noticed familiar patterns.
#AI
partisan echo chambers
concentrated influence among a small elite
amplification of polarized voices
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.03385
#AI
partisan echo chambers
concentrated influence among a small elite
amplification of polarized voices
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.03385
arxiv.org
August 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When University of Amsterdam researchers deployed 500 uniquely‑styled #ChatGPT bots on a simulated #SocialNetwork, they soon noticed familiar patterns.
#AI
partisan echo chambers
concentrated influence among a small elite
amplification of polarized voices
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.03385
#AI
partisan echo chambers
concentrated influence among a small elite
amplification of polarized voices
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.03385
Margaret Boden revolutionized #AI by unlocking the secrets of human creativity through computational thinking, reshaping how we understand—and build—the future of artificial intelligence.
#AIPioneers #CreativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
#AIPioneers #CreativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Margaret Boden revolutionized #AI by unlocking the secrets of human creativity through computational thinking, reshaping how we understand—and build—the future of artificial intelligence.
#AIPioneers #CreativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
#AIPioneers #CreativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...