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chrishoina
@chrishoina.bsky.social
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Senior Product Manager for Database Tools | ORDS | Database Actions | Follow for tips on working w/ Oracle Database, ORDS REST APIs, REST-enabled SQL | Views and opinions are my own
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Video series is up next. See in real time how AI Agent + the SQLcl MCP Server and prompts work for the Oracle database.
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I keep reviewing this SQLcl MCP Server LiveLab as new Tools are added and as LLM models mature. Today, the prompts in the LL are (see GIF). Review the lab and test the prompts with your favorite LLM API provider before I change them up again! livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/...
#LLMs #AI #MCP #SQLcl
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December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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AI agents can help you build schemas and create test data

@chrishoina.bsky.social shares an example prompt to store data about cars, trucks, motorcycles and their manufacturers

Then shows you how to use it with SQLcl MCP Server and Cline to make the tables
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December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
While you are at it, might as well try out our new LiveLab too :)

livelabs.oracle.com/pls/apex/dbp...
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Friday Announcement: ORDS 25.3 is now available for download (with ORDS in ADB dropping soon). Download the latest here: www.oracle.com/database/sql...
Check out Sessionless Transactions. We'll have an upcoming demo provided by our TxEventQ team, so stay tuned for that. Links in the reply.
October 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Since having placed some more focus on the ORDS image we've been getting lots of great feedback. Here is one example, Martin had some really great observations/thoughts on how we could improve the developer's debugging experience when working with our ORDS container. Thanks @martindba.bsky.social 😃
September 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Quoting oneself: cool or cringe? "Eventually...we'll all need to become "prompt engineers." And as you'll see [there], you actually have to know what you are doing to be able to ask the right questions and to challenge an LLM's assumptions."

followthecoffee.com/from-one-api...

#apis #LLM #ords
July 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Coming to you live from 35000ft, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. An ORDS and GraphQL tutorial: using Maven to build the polyglot and js dependencies for GraalVM 21: followthecoffee.com/ords-and-gra...

#graalvm #oracle #database #maven #jdk #ords #oraclerest
July 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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
July 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have a poll going for showing how to perform a legacy ORDS install/migration. I can set up a podman 23ai container with a legacy ORDS install and show you how to migrate to the latest ORDS version. Please read the details and vote. Would this be helpful? www.linkedin.com/posts/chrish...
We keep seeing these legacy ORDS installs/migrations popping up more… | Chris Hoina
We keep seeing these legacy ORDS installs/migrations popping up more frequently. I can set up a podman 23ai container with a legacy ORDS install and show you how to migrate to the latest ORDS version....
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June 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This united-codes site is really pretty, I am excited to see it grow :)
hartenfeller.dev Philipp Hartenfeller @hartenfeller.dev · Jun 5
I was using the ords-developer and now migrated to the normal images. That worked out smooth.

I also see a lot of things with Mac's and podman. I documented all the issues I cam across and how to fix them here: www.united-codes.com/products/uc-...
Init podman on MacOS
Getting started with Podman on macOS for Oracle 23ai development
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June 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
FYI to all, the ORDS team just published a new patch, 25.1.1. Now available for download here: www.oracle.com/database/sql...

Two small bug fixes, and an update to our Jetty library. Happy Friday 😍
#oraclerest #oracledatabase #restapi #apidevelopment #jdk17 #jdk21 #graalvm #newupdate #bugfix
May 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
New Oracle blogs are live! With a two-part tutorial showing you how to create custom claims in your Identity Domain, include them in a JSON Web Token, and use it to access ORDS OAuth2.0 protected resources. Part One is here: blogs.oracle.com/database/pos... #wednesday #oracle #restapis #oraclerest
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sneak peek of an upcoming blog post. A super simple single page web app, exploring using JSON Web tokens with ORDS protected resources. This time using Roles-Based Access Control (RBAC). 😁😎
May 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The ORDS team has a brand-spanking new customer reference. Note only did Sphere just launch their new site, but they JUST presented at CloudWorld Miami too, check out the press release here: www.oracle.com/news/announc...
If you are interested in attending as a speaker, drop me a DM, let's chat.
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May 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
ORDS 25.1 is now available for download: www.oracle.com/database/sql...
And of course, you can check out the release highlights too: followthecoffee.com/ords-25-1-re...
Give it a spin 😍 #newrelease #ords #oracledatabase #oraclerest #productupdate
April 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I shouldn’t be this excited about flame-graphs. But I am. What does that say about me? I’m getting some rad retro vibes with this color palette 😍
April 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Oh, Rockauto.com is another of this “dated” feeling websites, but it feels super fast, and no nonsense! I will take a 2000’s-era looking site over a newer slow-ass “responsive” site any day.
April 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Anybody who is doing front-end development would really appreciate this video youtu.be/-Ln-8QM8KhQ?...

I like the idea of doing more server-side rendering too. I might have to dip my toes into the MLE/JS stuff.
How is this Website so fast!?
YouTube video by Wes Bos
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April 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Another quick heuristic for investigating connectivity, latency, and response times. Also, a good opportunity to learn more about ORDS and cURL 😍 Two options:
1: followthecoffee.com/troubleshoot...

2: chrishoina.medium.com/troubleshoot...

#wednesday #learning #oraclerest #apis #troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: reviewing ORDS connections, your application server, and response times
Symptom/Issue
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April 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just a quick ORDS + JWTs PSA. This applies to Oracle's Identity and Access Management provided JWTs. Maybe you've experienced this "error=invalid_token" error too? Here is how to resolve it: followthecoffee.com/401-unauthor... #troubleshooting #oracle #restapis #oraclerest #apidevelopment #jwts
401 Unauthorized invalid_token – troubleshooting Oracle Cloud IAM JWTs with ORDS – Follow the Coffee
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April 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
With this job, I learn and/or discover stuff on a daily basis. Seriously, it's insane. If you are bored with tech, it's surely your own doing! 🤪 My favorite times, however, are these "too-clever-for-our-own-good" solutions we come up with. Here is a fun one: followthecoffee.com/example-an-o...
Example: an ORDS API that returns a user-configured JSON object – Follow the Coffee
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April 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My girlfriend just asked me what I'm working on right now. And I responded with, "currently counducting an audit and subseqent culling of these inactive but open threads of this core application I'm using." Which is just a fancy way of saying, "closing out tabs in safari." #bethechange #hero #pm
March 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I just added a go module to the directory, cleaned up some of the code, and added some comments too! Check it out :)
 chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · Mar 28
I think I might actually love Go 😍. @thatjeffsmith.com invited me along to an in-person customer presentation yesterday and while we were there one of the attendees asked if we had any ORDS + Go examples. Well, we didn't then...but WE DO NOW! #ords #oracle #go followthecoffee.com/a-simple-ord...
A simple ORDS GET request using the Go language – Follow the Coffee
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March 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I think I might actually love Go 😍. @thatjeffsmith.com invited me along to an in-person customer presentation yesterday and while we were there one of the attendees asked if we had any ORDS + Go examples. Well, we didn't then...but WE DO NOW! #ords #oracle #go followthecoffee.com/a-simple-ord...
A simple ORDS GET request using the Go language – Follow the Coffee
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March 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM