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I read this author's works pretty frequently, but I noticed from her blog (and some others) that it seems like authors have a super high incidence of burnout. Any other writers wan…

Perhaps. However, I'm in AZ, and the 'tailored search results' are usually the midwest or silicon valley. I think it depends entirely on what your ISP is handing over for location …

Exactly. Currently, it doesn't bother me, since the 'your data' and 'your interests' and such for me are so random and sporadic. Of course, I also don't walk around with everything…

Not a ton different, if you've used OPatch already. Basically it copies around files, runs a bunch of perl, runs a bunch of sql, and then you run the usual patch upgrade scripts at…

I used to enjoy perusing rationalviews.com - but it seems that they're shutting down. Sorta bummed about that, but I get why. Too few people contributed to the discussions

That's because you have a brain. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I've seen people try to use. So much copypasta, often with just enough changed to be hacked into a customer'…

I thought you were already a huge Postgres advocate? Or do you mean 'upsides to postgres that appeals to heavy oracle sites'? /edit Perhaps that wasn't you... So #1 benefit of Post…

That's precisely my argument against it.

Oh, as the benefits of Oracle vs Postgres? So the biggest in my experience is not enterprise support. Folks generally expect it to be. The biggest is actually flexibility. Oracle D…

So - as a long time Oracle DBA (who also loves Postgres), I've been seeing a lot of companies do this sort of move. There are a couple of downsides, but really - there's a lot more…