Ilmar Kerm
@ilmarkerm.eu
Oracle ACE Pro, SYM42, injured runner, otherwise normal
Database infrastructure, automation
Database infrastructure, automation
@vomstein.bsky.social maybe character/alphabet based, the only thing common with your test sentence and Estonian is the existence of “ü”
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@vomstein.bsky.social maybe character/alphabet based, the only thing common with your test sentence and Estonian is the existence of “ü”
Microservice troubleshooting with @ppiipuu.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Microservice troubleshooting with @ppiipuu.bsky.social
A unique twist on why to take the stairs
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A unique twist on why to take the stairs
Haven’t been to UK after brexit… so I completely forgot to bring the electricity socket adapter
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Haven’t been to UK after brexit… so I completely forgot to bring the electricity socket adapter
Stockholm is freezing, Tallinn is freezing, Birmingham will be +13. Need to pick clothes that fit to a small hand luggage to for all three places in a single trip.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Stockholm is freezing, Tallinn is freezing, Birmingham will be +13. Need to pick clothes that fit to a small hand luggage to for all three places in a single trip.
UK ETA application seems to be limited to US7ASCII 😡 Took me a few tries to realise this, error message was just "Please enter Address Line 1"... or "Please enter a town/city". No, just removing diacritics is not OK, completely different letters.
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
UK ETA application seems to be limited to US7ASCII 😡 Took me a few tries to realise this, error message was just "Please enter Address Line 1"... or "Please enter a town/city". No, just removing diacritics is not OK, completely different letters.
Auditors asking questions- why I randomised db_name. Well it is a very short string that easily overlaps, so for automation. Db_unique_name and global_name are set correctly.
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Auditors asking questions- why I randomised db_name. Well it is a very short string that easily overlaps, so for automation. Db_unique_name and global_name are set correctly.
Reminds me of the Sheldon-Amy conversation about triple-negations. Was Oracle inspired by it? :)
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reminds me of the Sheldon-Amy conversation about triple-negations. Was Oracle inspired by it? :)
So much want to rant now about database drivers and IT slop in general, but I think I’ll arrive in Nürnberg today too late to join the conference party and rant over beers, will probe about afterparty
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So much want to rant now about database drivers and IT slop in general, but I think I’ll arrive in Nürnberg today too late to join the conference party and rant over beers, will probe about afterparty
Morning starts with a very bad and vague cry for help from Australia. I understand this person has a problem for a while, and has created multiple jiras, but reading them all follow the pattern of garbage in garbage out.
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Morning starts with a very bad and vague cry for help from Australia. I understand this person has a problem for a while, and has created multiple jiras, but reading them all follow the pattern of garbage in garbage out.
Interesting, I thought south of Germany would be much warmer, but no. Maybe no point to go to the mountains near Munich then
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Interesting, I thought south of Germany would be much warmer, but no. Maybe no point to go to the mountains near Munich then
Arrgh, so much for ordering a NAS replacement drive from Amazon (my local dealer did not have the same model in stock). Dead On Arrival.
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Arrgh, so much for ordering a NAS replacement drive from Amazon (my local dealer did not have the same model in stock). Dead On Arrival.
The upcoming ACE meeting starts in an ominous way.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The upcoming ACE meeting starts in an ominous way.
Some paper books arrived
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some paper books arrived
#fridayMotivation If it doesn't work, add "-f"
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#fridayMotivation If it doesn't work, add "-f"
Maybe LLMs start being useful, when they ingest some Little Britain and start saying "no".
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Maybe LLMs start being useful, when they ingest some Little Britain and start saying "no".
I like when people gather, sit quietly and listen an album in full. Later discuss with the artist and geek out.
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I like when people gather, sit quietly and listen an album in full. Later discuss with the artist and geek out.
Nice, got HashiCorp Vault dynamic database credentials working with MongoDB. The "authentication database" concept takes some getting used to. Anyway, can now hand out temporary read-only accounts for devs in production, authenticated and authorised by Azure Entra.
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Nice, got HashiCorp Vault dynamic database credentials working with MongoDB. The "authentication database" concept takes some getting used to. Anyway, can now hand out temporary read-only accounts for devs in production, authenticated and authorised by Azure Entra.
UKOUG booked, rather complicated one. ARN-TLL for Kara-Lis Coverdale/Maarja Nuut/Robert Nikolajev concert, TLL-BHX for UKOUG, BHX-ARN for home.
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
UKOUG booked, rather complicated one. ARN-TLL for Kara-Lis Coverdale/Maarja Nuut/Robert Nikolajev concert, TLL-BHX for UKOUG, BHX-ARN for home.
DOAG booked, will spend the weekend in München after conference. Never been there before. Mountains also look tasty around there.
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
DOAG booked, will spend the weekend in München after conference. Never been there before. Mountains also look tasty around there.
Added HashiCorp Vault dynamic database credentials support for Oracle DB exporter for prometheus github.com/oracle/oracl...
Adding support for HashiCorp Vault dynamic database credentials by ilmarkerm · Pull Request #401 · oracle/oracle-db-appdev-monitoring
📌 Description
Adds support for HashiCorp Vault dynamic database credentials.
✅ Checklist
[ ✅ ] Code builds and runs locally
[ ✅ ] Tests have been added/updated (if applicable)
[ ✅ ] Documentation ...
github.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Added HashiCorp Vault dynamic database credentials support for Oracle DB exporter for prometheus github.com/oracle/oracl...
Why car rental is so cheap in Croatia- damage gets invented and 500€ added to bill. What a tourist ripoff Avis. I do have a before video, all these scratches visible.
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Why car rental is so cheap in Croatia- damage gets invented and 500€ added to bill. What a tourist ripoff Avis. I do have a before video, all these scratches visible.
Deutcshe Welle missed a crucial bit here, this is LOCAL election, NOT parliament election. Rather common that EU citizens can vote in what EU country they are resident of in LOCAL elections. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplP...
Russian citizens banned from voting in Estonian elections | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Deutcshe Welle missed a crucial bit here, this is LOCAL election, NOT parliament election. Rather common that EU citizens can vote in what EU country they are resident of in LOCAL elections. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplP...
Reposted by Ilmar Kerm
This is how a latch contention looks in real life. The @ora600pl.bsky.social way at #HrOUG2025
October 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is how a latch contention looks in real life. The @ora600pl.bsky.social way at #HrOUG2025