Message Driven Microservices & Monoliths with Micronaut - Part 1: Installing Kafka & Sending Your First Message

One of the biggest challenges that developers face when working in a microservice environment is ensuring data consistency. Distributed services must be...

Project GreenThumb Part 5 - The Front-End, Build Pipeline, Push Notifications and Overall Progress

In this short blog series, I introduced you to Project GreenThumb, a project that I created to automate and monitor the process of growing seedlings with...

Project GreenThumb Part 5 - The Front-End, Build Pipeline, Push Notifications and Overall Progress

In this short blog series, I introduced you to Project GreenThumb, a project that I created to automate and monitor the process of growing seedlings with...

Project GreenThumb Part 4 - Reporting Queries and WebSockets

In the last post in this series, we looked at the database schema behind the scenes, how I created the Micronaut application and consumed the sensor readings...

Project GreenThumb Part 4 - Reporting Queries and WebSockets

In the last post in this series, we looked at the database schema behind the scenes, how I created the Micronaut application and consumed the sensor readings...

Brain to the Cloud - Part III - Examining the Relationship Between Brain Activity and Video Game Performance

In my last post, we looked at the technical aspects of my Brain to the Cloud project including much of the code that was used to collect and analyze the...

Brain to the Cloud - Part II - How I Uploaded My Brain to the Cloud

In my last post, we went over the inspiration, objectives, and architecture for my Brain to the Cloud project. In this post, we'll look in-depth at the...

Brain to the Cloud - Part I - Project Intro and Architectural Overview

A few months back, I read a really excellent (but pretty old) blog post that explained how to hack a toy called a Mind Flex to extract and analyze the ...

Securely Connecting to Autonomous DB Without a Wallet (Using TLS)

I talk to a lot of developers in my job as a Developer Advocate. Sometimes they've been using the products in the Oracle Cloud for a long time, and sometimes...

How to Securely Connect to Private Resources (for Free!) via the OCI Bastion Service

When working in the cloud, there are often times when your servers and services are not exposed to the public internet. Private virtual cloud networks ...

Send and Receive Messages via REST with Advanced Queuing and ORDS

A while back, I blogged about using Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ) for messaging within your applications. It's a great option for durable and reliable...

Running Database Queries With REST via a Database Tools Connection (IE: The Super Easy Way)

I recently blogged about a brand-new service in the Oracle Cloud - Database Tools. It's a safe, secure way to store your database credentials in the...