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Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.12

Tim... — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:39:22 +0000

Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.12 a couple of days ago. This comes hot on the heels of version 7.2.10, which I wrote about here. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done installations on Windows 11 and Linux Mint and both seem OK. As with the last version, on Windows 11 I got away with a straight upgrade, but … Continue reading "Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.12"

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Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : Some Clarification

Tim... — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:32:17 +0000

After my recent posts on this subject I got some questions, and I thought I would use my responses to write a new post. I’m hoping this makes the situation more clear. I’ll link my other posts on this subject at the bottom, in case you want to look at them. Some of these topics … Continue reading "Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : Some Clarification"

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Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : Some Clarification was first posted on June 19, 2026 at 7:32 am.
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Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.10

Tim... — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:20:44 +0000

Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.10 a couple of days ago. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done installations on Windows 11 and Linux Mint and both went fine. On Windows 11 I got away with a straight upgrade this time, but it’s worth remembering the cleanest way to upgrade on Windows is to do the following. … Continue reading "Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.10"

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AI Vector Search : Generating vectors outside of the database using Ollama and EmbeddingGemma

Tim... — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:40:01 +0000

I’ve posted on social media a few times about various open weight models released by Google. A recent post resulted in this question. “how to store and use an gemma 4 model from oracle database?” I gave this answer. “You would have to use the EmbeddingGemma model. Then programmatically generate the vector embeddings outside of … Continue reading "AI Vector Search : Generating vectors outside of the database using Ollama and EmbeddingGemma"

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Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : My new inference machine

Tim... — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:25:05 +0000

I’ve written a few posts about running local LLMs. Up until now I’ve been running them on my crappy old laptop. It’s a bit slow, but it works OK. The problem is it uses most of the local resources and I can’t do much else until the LLM finishes the task. My original plan was … Continue reading "Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : My new inference machine"

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Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : My new inference machine was first posted on June 3, 2026 at 6:25 am.
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No Agile? No DevOps? Without them your AI assisted development will fail!

Tim... — Mon, 18 May 2026 06:31:34 +0000

I’ve been reading and watching a lot of content about AI assisted development, and without fail the people who are getting the most out of it seem to be those where agile and DevOps development are already part of their culture. Some basic definitions Here are some basic definitions that will help with the discussion. … Continue reading "No Agile? No DevOps? Without them your AI assisted development will fail!"

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No Agile? No DevOps? Without them your AI assisted development will fail! was first posted on May 18, 2026 at 7:31 am.
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Fedora 44 and Oracle

Tim... — Tue, 05 May 2026 05:33:27 +0000

Fedora 44 was released a few days ago. Let’s start with the standard warning. As usual I worked through a few variations of Oracle installations on Fedora, including 26ai. The only real gotcha was 21c, which required a downgrade of the binutils package to install. In comparison 19c and 26ai were cleaner. As explained in … Continue reading "Fedora 44 and Oracle"

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Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.8

Tim... — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:25:52 +0000

Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.8 a few days ago. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done an install on a Windows 10 and 11. I had some issues with the previous version on Windows 11, but that was probably an issue with my machine. I tried this version on Windows 11 and it worked fine. As … Continue reading "Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.8"

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Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.8 was first posted on April 30, 2026 at 9:25 am.
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Running LLMs locally. One size does NOT fit all

Tim... — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:59:07 +0000

A few questions have popped up recently, so I thought I would address them here. I’ve already written about running local LLMs here. Both posts also include the reasons why you might want to do this. I’m not going to repeat that here. Can I run a local LLM on ??? This is the most … Continue reading "Running LLMs locally. One size does NOT fit all"

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Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) 26.1.0 Released

Tim... — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:58:55 +0000

A new version of Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) has been released. Version 26.1.0 comes with a bunch of bug fixes and new features (see here), but what is more interesting to me is at the bottom of the release notes. “Starting with ORDS 26.4 (planned for Winter 2026), Oracle REST Data Services will add … Continue reading "Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) 26.1.0 Released"

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