Robin Moffatt is a Principal DevEx Engineer and seasoned conference speaker with 15+ years of experience presenting at top events like QCon, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and Strata. He shares insights on developer experience, distributed systems, and cloud technologies through his blog, YouTube, and public talks.
491 articles from this blog
A developer's experience using Opera browser with Oracle Enterprise Manager, highlighting its speed and tab management benefits.
A developer preparing for their first tech conference presentation on OBIEE performance testing seeks advice from seasoned speakers.
How to resolve ORA-13757 error when deleting an active SQL Tuning Set in Oracle, including diagnostic queries and cleanup steps.
Troubleshooting an OBIEE authentication failure caused by an expired cookie from a misconfigured F5 load balancer in an EBS integration.
Discusses a security vulnerability in OBIEE's JMX remote access and provides steps to secure it with password authentication.
Oracle's performance recommendations for OBIA 7.9.6, focusing on ETL improvements and hardware sizing.
Analysis of Oracle's fragmented online support ecosystem, comparing official blogs, forums, and communities to the effective Oracle-L mailing list.
Oracle terminates its official Support Blog and social media presence, silencing direct community communication about support issues.
Analysis of a now-removed blog post containing performance results from an Oracle Exadata V2 proof-of-concept test.
A blog post discussing the power of data visualization, using a mind-mapping software comparison as an example of how visuals can mislead or clarify.
An article recommending Cary Millsap's foundational articles on computer systems performance and structured problem-solving approaches.
Explains how to set Client ID in OBIEE database connections to trace problematic SQL queries back to specific users for troubleshooting.
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Troubleshooting guide for OBIEE socket communication error 12002, focusing on firewall and port configuration issues.
A guide to securing Oracle Application Server (OAS) by disabling version reporting, the TRACE method, and removing default content.
Fixing a specific Oracle OBIEE SELinux error: 'libnnz10.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied'.
A critical analysis of the CAF migration tool for Oracle BI, discussing its risks and unsupported status in production environments.
A guide to diagnosing and fixing connectivity errors between OBIEE Presentation Services (sawserver) and the analytics plugin.
Discusses the state of the OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence) community forum, moderation ideas, and hopes for the upcoming OBIEE 11g release.
Oracle's future OBIEE 11g will shift from OC4J/OAS to WebLogic Server as its primary application server.
A developer troubleshoots and resolves a sawserver error related to a corrupted web catalog during an Oracle BI installation.
