Robin Moffatt is a Principal DevEx Engineer and seasoned conference speaker with 15+ years of experience presenting at top events like QCon, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and Strata. He shares insights on developer experience, distributed systems, and cloud technologies through his blog, YouTube, and public talks.
617 articles from this blog
A technical guide on configuring Oracle GoldenGate to replicate data to Kafka and Logstash using BigDataLite 4.4, with troubleshooting tips.
A developer switches from Slideshare to Speakerdeck for hosting presentation slides, citing a cleaner UI and better user experience.
Introduction to the #obihackers IRC channel for discussing Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE), ODI, and general tech topics in an informal setting.
A guide to streaming custom system metrics into InfluxDB using bash commands, sed, awk, and curl for monitoring with tools like Grafana.
A history of visualizing OBIEE DMS metrics, from early JMX tools to modern Grafana dashboards.
Explains the importance of metrics for diagnosing OBIEE performance issues and introduces an updated monitoring tool.
A technical analysis of a specific password corruption bug in OBIEE 12c when using online mode for the repository (RPD).
A technical guide on using Linux Control Groups (cgroups) to limit memory usage for specific processes, demonstrated with OBIEE and stress testing.
Explains how to implement Enhanced Usage Tracking in OBIEE to capture detailed user interactions for improving engagement and system value.
Explores using Apache Kafka to create flexible, testable data pipelines, enabling multiple parallel consumers and safe experimentation.
Using Apache Kafka as a transport layer for centralizing and processing application logs with Logstash and ELK stack.
Explores using the BI Server Metadata Web Service in OBIEE 11g for automated tasks like cache management and RPD modifications.
Guide on managing OBIEE BI Server cache from within ODI 12c using JDBC or Web Services for optimal data freshness.
Strategies for managing and optimizing the OBIEE BI Server cache to improve dashboard performance and data accuracy.
Oracle releases critical security patches for OBIEE, ODI Data Quality, and Exalytics systems, addressing vulnerabilities in specific versions.
Overview of new features in OBIEE 11.1.1.9 for sysadmins and developers, focusing on query instrumentation and logging improvements.
A technical tutorial on using the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to import and analyze open CSV data from DonorsChoose.
Preview of BI Forum 2015 presentations on OBIEE regression testing and data discovery using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
Using Flame Graphs to analyze and visualize performance bottlenecks in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) load plans and sessions.
Using Linux diagnostic tools to troubleshoot OBIEE internal issues when standard logs are insufficient, focusing on a custom skin deployment problem.
