Gerald Venzl

Installing Oracle Database Sample Schemas from GitHub

Gerald Venzl / 2025-03-10

In April 2023, Oracle released an updated Oracle Database Sample Schemas version on GitHub. I was involved in the effort, […]

Technology

Oracle Database 23.7 Free multi-platform images now available on gvenzl/oracle-free

Gerald Venzl / 2025-03-08

Oracle Database 23.7 Free multi-platform images are now available on container registries docker.io/gvenzl/oracle-free and ghcr.io/gvenzl/oracle-free. With this release, the 23.5 images have

Technology

How to establish secure communication between two containers

Gerald Venzl / 2025-02-24

I am often asked how two containers can talk securely to one another when using Docker or Podman in CI/CD

Technology, Thoughts

Why Vector Databases Are Here to Stay

Gerald Venzl / 2025-02-12

Learn why vector databases, and particularly multimodel databases, have become such a popular component of AI-driven architectures.

Misc

US National Parks sample data now available!

Gerald Venzl / 2025-01-12

My dear wife and I like to travel and explore nature. Naturally, US national parks are always high on our

Technology

Running a Production-Ready Raspbery Pi Kubernetes Cluster at Home

Gerald Venzl / 2024-12-16

In this guide, I’ll cover how to run a production-ready Raspberry Pi Kubernetes Cluster using K3s. Background If you are

Technology

Oracle Database 23.6 Free multi-platform images now available on gvenzl/oracle-free

Gerald Venzl / 2024-12-07

Oracle Database 23.6 Free multi-platform images are now available on container registries docker.io/gvenzl/oracle-free and ghcr.io/gvenzl/oracle-free.