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Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol,’ Dies at 80

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 15

One of the great scientific endeavors of the modern age
#Beer #Archeology #AncientParties

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date (Gift Article)

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 11

This weeks listen

Its title is inspired by the 1924 Russian dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. We was the first novel officially banned in the Soviet Union.

Excessive ambition, big ideas, complex arrangements, count me in!

#ProgRock #Music #ArcadeFire

open.spotify.com/album/2sAePf...

WE

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 10

Scale, security, performance. Our #cloud is built for the largest workloads across industries, helping countless organizations with the trusted cloud and #AI services they need to succeed.

www.oracle.com/cloud/

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 9

No wonder my #horoscope was never right

#astrology

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

GPT-5 Hit the Wall. Here’s Your 3-Year Roadmap for What Comes Next

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 5

#AI is reshaping software development. #GPT-5 hitting limits shows bigger models alone won’t deliver #AGI. The future is hybrid AI and new dev skills.

I mapped a 3-year roadmap: from AI-assisted coding now to symbolic + neural AI systems ahead.

#TechSkills #AIDev

bit.ly/41HAFke

I have worked in software development for almost 40 years. I’ve seen development trends come and go, but I have never seen the likes of AI…

bit.ly

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#anime #history

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 5

How Anime Took Over America: From Pokemon to Demon Slayer and Dragon Ball Z (Gift Article)

“Demon Slayer” is just the latest confirmation of how Japan’s once-distinctive animation style has become a global visual language.

Apple, Meta, Google CEOs Dined With Trump. Where AI Trade Goes From Here.

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 5

Safest #AI bets? Infrastructure & hardware. Friday’s jobs report could give them another lift if rate‑cut hopes lower capex costs.

#AIInnovation
#TechStocks

bit.ly/3JUmYrX

Trump’s Fed dispute heats up, Broadcom reveals new $10 billion AI customer, Goldman to invest in T. Rowe Price, and more news to start your day.

www.barrons.com

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 4

www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3551955...

#nfl #grievance

Nothing Is Sacred - Scott Hanson Says That Red Zone Will Have Commercials All Year, New Intro Is “7 Hours of RedZone Football Start Now“

We saw a quick peek last year of this:But now we know it’s for real. It proves nothing is sacred. I don’t want to hear about money or ads or anything like that. Red Zone has always been commercial fre...

www.barstoolsports.com

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 2

#Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI 1.4.0 is GA.
Build #Microservices with #SpringBoot or #Helidon, prototype #AI chatbots, agents, and RAG services. #Observability is unified with #SigNoz.

medium.com/@DatabaseDou...

Unlock AI-Powered Microservices with Oracle Backend 1.4.0

The team is thrilled to announce the general availability of Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI 1.4.0 — production-ready and packed…

Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Sep 2

This week's #listen. See if you can spot David Gilmour's guitar work on some of the tracks on Disc 1

#70s #80s #music

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MIT Says 95% Of Enterprise AI Fail- Here’s What The 5% Are Doing Right

Reposted by Doug Drechsel

Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · Aug 28

Lee Corso makes his final College GameDay headgear pick on Saturday

Lots of data viz here: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lznH0

Here's all 430 of his picks, in one chart 👇

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 26

Most enterprise #AI fails not because it’s weak, but because it’s too confidently wrong; the winners are building AI that knows when it doesn’t know.

www.forbes.com/sites/jaimec...

To succeed, enterprises must demand that AI is transparent about its uncertainty, integrated into workflows, and capable of improving with every interaction.

www.forbes.com

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 22

The real question isn’t “which framework is best?”
It’s “which framework is best for this service, in this context?”

#CloudNative #Microservices #SpringBoot #Helidon #Java #Architecture

medium.com/@DatabaseDou...

Framework Choice Strategy: When to Use Spring Boot vs Helidon in Cloud-Native Microservices

Introduction

Video: New Origami Design Could Help With Space Engineering

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 21

Origami bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. Cool

#origami #space

www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...

Researchers discovered a new type of origami called bloom patterns, which are repeating tiles of creased patterns that rotate symmetrically around a center. Engineers are working on real-life applicat...

The Long, Strange Trip of Rick Perry

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 21

Literally, the last guy that I thought would be #trippin

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u...

Vibecoding a Pluggable Microservices Framework: How I Added Helidon Support to Oracle’s Platform

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 20

Built a pluggable #microservices framework: now #Spring Boot & #Helidon run side‑by‑side on #Oracle Backend. 🚀
#Vibecoded it in a month, AI‑assisted. 👉

medium.com/@DatabaseDou...

When Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI first launched, it supported only Spring Boot applications. Developers soon began requesting…

JJ Grey & Mofro · Album · 2024 · 11 songs

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 19

Another great #album by Florida's JJ Grey and Mofro.
A richly textured blend of swamp #funk, #blues, and #rock.
👍

open.spotify.com/album/1TK4IG...

Olustee

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Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 18

When University of Amsterdam researchers deployed 500 uniquely‑styled #ChatGPT bots on a simulated #SocialNetwork, they soon noticed familiar patterns.

#AI

partisan echo chambers
concentrated influence among a small elite
amplification of polarized voices

arxiv.org/pdf/2508.03385

arxiv.org

Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88

Doug Drechsel @databasedoug.bsky.social · Aug 18

Margaret Boden revolutionized #AI by unlocking the secrets of human creativity through computational thinking, reshaping how we understand—and build—the future of artificial intelligence.

#AIPioneers #CreativeAI

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...