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 presentation on performance testing methodologies and best practices for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).
A developer reflects on delivering their first technical presentation, sharing lessons learned and tips for effective presentation writing.
A technical attendee's review of the 2010 RittmanMead BI Forum, focusing on deep-dive sessions and previews of the upcoming OBIEE 11g.
A technical guide for troubleshooting EBS-BI integrated authentication by validating session cookies directly in the Oracle database.
A developer troubleshoots an ORA-01017 error in Oracle BI Applications (OBIA) despite valid credentials, exploring JDBC driver and case-sensitivity issues.
A developer's experience using Opera browser with Oracle Enterprise Manager, highlighting its speed and tab management benefits.
A developer preparing for their first tech conference presentation on OBIEE performance testing seeks advice from seasoned speakers.
How to resolve ORA-13757 error when deleting an active SQL Tuning Set in Oracle, including diagnostic queries and cleanup steps.
Discusses a security vulnerability in OBIEE's JMX remote access and provides steps to secure it with password authentication.
Troubleshooting an OBIEE authentication failure caused by an expired cookie from a misconfigured F5 load balancer in an EBS integration.
Oracle's performance recommendations for OBIA 7.9.6, focusing on ETL improvements and hardware sizing.
Analysis of Oracle's fragmented online support ecosystem, comparing official blogs, forums, and communities to the effective Oracle-L mailing list.
Oracle terminates its official Support Blog and social media presence, silencing direct community communication about support issues.
Analysis of a now-removed blog post containing performance results from an Oracle Exadata V2 proof-of-concept test.
A blog post discussing the power of data visualization, using a mind-mapping software comparison as an example of how visuals can mislead or clarify.
An article recommending Cary Millsap's foundational articles on computer systems performance and structured problem-solving approaches.
Explains how to set Client ID in OBIEE database connections to trace problematic SQL queries back to specific users for troubleshooting.
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Troubleshooting guide for OBIEE socket communication error 12002, focusing on firewall and port configuration issues.
A guide to securing Oracle Application Server (OAS) by disabling version reporting, the TRACE method, and removing default content.
