Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Explores Paul Graham's concept of the conflicting time management needs of makers (developers) and managers in the workplace.
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.
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Explores Paul Graham's concept of the conflicting time management needs of makers (developers) and managers in the workplace.
Explains and solves the Oracle SQL error ORA-00922 when changing a user password, highlighting the need to quote passwords starting with numbers.
Guide on using Windows PerfMon to monitor Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) server performance counters for analysis and alerting.
A technical guide on configuring logging for Oracle BI Presentation Services (sawserver) via the logconfig.xml file.
A developer investigates a sawserver crash in OBIEE when rendering charts with large datasets, detailing debugging steps and error logs.
A guide to using the psservice command-line tool for managing Windows services, with examples for Oracle BI services.
A technical walkthrough of configuring and troubleshooting Mark Rittman's OBIEE repository for querying DAC metadata, including RPD modifications and connection issues.
Explores Oracle BI Management MBeans for real-time performance monitoring and configuration access within OBIEE systems.
A technical guide exploring lesser-known admin tools, command-line utilities, and diagnostic hacks for managing and troubleshooting Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE).
A developer vents about common frustrations on Oracle technology forums, including unanswered questions and poor etiquette.
A technical follow-up on using JConsole and JMX for monitoring and configuring Oracle BI Server and Presentation Services performance.
A technical guide on using JConsole and JMX for monitoring OBIEE server performance, including remote connection setup.
Troubleshooting an OBIEE nqcmd error caused by hidden spaces in column names when copying logical SQL from a web interface.
Guide to configuring custom HTTP error pages (like 500.html) in OBIEE/OAS by editing httpd.conf and mod_oc4j.conf files.
Overview of new OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1 and OBIA 7.9.6 releases, focusing on patch details and Informatica integration.
Troubleshooting OBIEE and F5 BIG-IP load balancer configuration issues with port redirects and Apache's UseCanonicalName setting.
Explains why Apache OAS requires a double login due to hostname redirection and offers configuration solutions.
Discusses Oracle Application Server bug 7132128 causing server.log to fill with 'Send notification' messages and provides a reference.
Analyzes Google's search results prioritizing Korean OTN forums over English versions for technical Oracle queries.
Resolving a sawserver startup issue in OBIEE by fixing a missing library path (SHLIB_PATH) on Unix.