Announcing Micronaut 2.1

I’m happy to announce the release of Micronaut 2.1, which brings a handful of new features, bug fixes and upgrades to existing features. Let’s take a quick...

Tracking & Analyzing Water Usage Data in the Cloud with a Flow Sensor, Microcontroller & Autonomous DB

This past summer, I was lucky enough to get spend some virtual time with some of the awesome interns here at Oracle. It makes me happy to see so many college...

Complete Guide to Getting Started with MySQL DB in the Oracle Cloud

Back in September, we finally announced the long-awaited MySQL Database Service in the Oracle Cloud. It’s big news for developers who are familiar and ...

The Complete Guide To Invoking Serverless Oracle Functions

I have blogged quite a bit about serverless Oracle Functions here on this blog, including several various examples about function invocation. But, I've...

The Complete Guide To Invoking Serverless Oracle Functions

I have blogged quite a bit about serverless Oracle Functions here on this blog, including several various examples about function invocation. But, I've...

Project GreenThumb Part 2 - The Data Collection

Welcome to part 2 of my short series about Project GreenThumb, a hardware, software and cloud-based solution for monitoring and automating seedling growth...

Project GreenThumb Part 2 - The Data Collection

Welcome to part 2 of my short series about Project GreenThumb, a hardware, software and cloud-based solution for monitoring and automating seedling growth...

Project GreenThumb Part 1 - Automating & Monitoring Seedling Growth With Microcontrollers & The Cloud

It all started in the summer of 2020. I, like most others, had been isolating at home to minimize my chances of becoming infected by the coronavirus. The...

Project GreenThumb Part 1 - Automating & Monitoring Seedling Growth With Microcontrollers & The Cloud

It all started in the summer of 2020. I, like most others, had been isolating at home to minimize my chances of becoming infected by the coronavirus. The...

Adding Tracing to Your Distributed Cloud Native Microservices

When adopting cloud-native technologies and certain architectures such as the microservice pattern, observability and monitoring become a huge need and...