Justin Biard

I have not used Quarkus yet for anything in production but exploring it in development and I like what I am seeing so far.

Developer productivity feels like it will be 🔥

Manage Complexity with Terraform A 25 minute introduction to Terraform and refactoring suitable for beginners to intermediate developers who are just getting started dealing with code c…

Thanks everyone who came to my talk at @commityourcode.bsky.social '25 or watched the stream. I appreciate you taking the time to be there and I hope you took something useful away from it. Thanks also for the feedback!

Slides with examples and links are here:
speakerdeck.com/icodealot/ma...

I look forward to nerding out about cloud tech at #CommitYourCode and learning from what others have put together. 🤓

See you in September!

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And... we're back! On est de retour!
Join us for the first event of the season
Event in english 🇬🇧.

📢 Architect's Guide to Managing a Code Base
🎙️ @prpatel.dev
🗓️ August 26th 2025 at 5:30pm
📍 TS Imagine,355 Rue Sainte-Catherine O #700, Montréal, QC H3B 1A5

Signup now!

www.meetup.com/montreal-jug...

Presenting or attending Commit Your Code 2025 in Plano, TX this September? I look forward to seeing you there!

Great event for a good cause and even better outcomes.

www.commityourcode.com

Just wrapped up the final exam for the Summer trimester and I think I nailed it 🤞 That's 2 classes down for the master's. 🤓📈

Official announcement/introduction to our MCP Server for Oracle Database

blogs.oracle.com/database/pos...

First adventure (on the tabletop) in Tamriel. Daughter and I are playing through the intro campaign in Black Marsh.

ORDS 25.2 is now available for download! Download directly from www.oracle.com/database/tec...
And review the Release Notes too www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o...

I'm following up with a blog with some examples, so stay tuned! #newrelease #productupdate #ords #oracledatabase #newordswhodis #plsql #rest

More on PARs and a note re: APEX RESTful Data Services ORDS version 25.2 is now available! Also a quick overview on the new PAR support in SQL Developer Web and a note regarding RESTful Services interface in APEX.

New post! PARs are easier to manage in ORDS now, and a quick note for the #orclapex community

www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025...

Brutal. 60k to 1.

My home for the next 1.5 hours or so. #Kscope25

Today is the day #Kscope25 at 1:30 Central in San Antonio room 5-6.

> Get Connected to Databases in the Cloud with the Database Tools Service.

There will be:
- Content (live demos if the wifi holds true 🤞)
- Quizzes to gain bragging rights + swag

Come one, come all!

Going old school with The Chet today for #Kscope25

Wish you guys were here. 🍻

ODTUG is pleased to announce the ODTUG Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) community—a space designed to empower, connect, and support professionals who are building the future with Oracle’s next-generation cloud technology. To learn more and get involved, visit odtug.com/news/oci-community.

A little less than a week away from being able to learn with colleagues at #Kscope25!

Come for the swag, stay for the content. 🍻

We will explore the meaning of all these cryptic symbols and how to use the tools Oracle is building to make using database connections in the cloud simple.

Buckets of blackberries for us this year. Been a great harvest so far.

Do you use `jshell` ? (installs with Java)

I find it nice for:

- scratching out quick ideas
- testing small syntax issues
- or anything else you might do with a REPL (quick calculations, etc.)

Tab completion is decent and it presents some JavaDoc content.

This is a great write up. Thanks for sharing it @frobertrti.bsky.social

Oracle Developer Coaching: Monthly News Edition Fast-paced, 30-minute broadcasts, to stay in the know. Delivered newsroom-style, the monthly News Edition brings you rapid-fire updates, announcements, and insights from Oracle product teams.

So @krisrice.io and I started a new thing: a fast paced monthly news update for all things Oracle Database and Oracle Cloud, with a developer-first focus.

Learn all about it, catch up from our first event, and sign up for the upcoming session next week!

www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025...

I need an OS level plugin that makes vim motions / bindings available everywhere contextually.

I've been using vim bindings long enough now that I get subconsciously annoyed when an input or text editor doesn't have support for them.

Not me debugging code (without a debugger) where I was calling:

> list.add(index, item);

when I meant to call:

> lilst.set(iindex, item);

🤦‍♂️🐜

How is your Thursday going?

Double dose of nerdery today.

This one is about decorating objects (thanks GoF!) in Java and also looks at how to do something interesting with proxy objects.

icodealot.com/tracing-inte...

Check out Oracle JDBC 23ai and the new service provider for OCI configuration, by example:

- ADB Serverless
- Database Tools connection
- JDBC 23ai + OCI config provider (via SPI)

icodealot.com/oracle-jdbc-...

If you're interested in speaking at Cloud World on topics involving appDev on Oracle Database - drop me a note.

I'd be happy to co-present with you, and we can highlight your story!

Jeff.D.Smith@oracle.com - call for papers ends on the 23rd!

The inaugural event was great. I look forward to attending this year again and meeting other developers and talking tech. No doubt, great work ahead from the DSD/CYC team.

Building in the Cloud with Terraform This is a presentation about using Terraform (or OpenTofu) to build cloud infrastructure. The content presented is suitable for beginner to intermedi…

Trying out Speaker Deck so I'll post some of my presentations from this year there for reference.

Here is one I delivered in March at DSD Night of Cloud.

speakerdeck.com/icodealot/bu...

Hanging out with the DSD family tonight. 🫡

Let me know when it arrives so we can have a chat. 🤓