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Notes on Oracle Fusion, integration, data migration, low-code, and AI.

• Oracle's Fusion Setup and Configuration Registry: A First Hands-On Look

  October 26, 202631 min readOracle Cloud

  Oracle released FSCR today, a public Git repository of AI agent skills for Fusion setup and configuration. I build configuration migration tooling for a living, so I pulled it down, read through it and ran its load paths against a live Fusion pod to see how much of it holds up today.

• EPM Integration Agent on OCI, Part 3: One Agent, Many Databases

  October 19, 20267 min readOracle Cloud

  How the EPM Integration Agent decides which database, user, and wallet to use for a job, and how to add connections for a different user or an entirely different database without adding another agent.

• EPM Integration Agent on OCI, Part 2: What the EPM Integration Agent Docs Don't Tell You

  October 12, 202612 min readOracle Cloud

  Lessons from an OCI deployment of the EPM Integration Agent: a dozen pitfalls whose error messages point the wrong way, each with the symptom, the actual cause, and the fix, plus a quick-reference cheat sheet.

• EPM Integration Agent on OCI, Part 1: Bridging Oracle EPM Cloud to an Autonomous Database

  September 28, 202624 min readOracle Cloud

  How we stood up the Oracle EPM Integration Agent on a small, locked-down OCI Compute VM so EPM Cloud can pull data from an Autonomous Database it can't reach directly.

• Starting an OIC Integration the Moment a File Lands on the File Server

  September 7, 20268 min readIntegration

  Oracle Integration's File Server raises an event when a file is created. If you subscribe to it and filter it to one folder and file pattern, your load starts within seconds of the upload instead of waiting for the next scheduled run. Below is the full build.

• Ten Habits That Make You Worth Keeping

  August 12, 20265 min readCareer

  The advice I give everyone who joins my team, from setting expectations to using the right tool for the job. None of it is specific to consulting; it applies to just about any professional.

• What Is AI, Anyway? A Plain-English Tour of the Building Blocks

  July 22, 20267 min readAI

  The label keeps moving, so stop chasing it. Here is a plain-English walk through the pieces people actually mean by AI today, from predictive analytics to agents, and how to use each one safely.

• Generating Payloads with Conditional Attributes

  July 8, 20262 min readIntegration

  Using XSLT logic in Oracle Integration Cloud to build web service payloads whose attributes change based on runtime conditions.

• Autonomous vs. Automated: You Don't Always Want to Hand Over the Keys

  July 1, 20264 min readEngineering

  Autonomous agents like Claude Code are incredible when the task is open-ended. But for the enterprise, the more interesting release is the one that puts an LLM inside a deterministic workflow, and Oracle just shipped it.

• Pattern: Extract BI Publisher Data

  June 23, 202612 min readIntegration

  A reusable integration pattern for pulling data out of any Oracle BI Publisher report or data model via the ReportService web service.

• Exposing a REST Service with a Payload in OIC

  June 16, 20269 min readIntegration

  Template params, query params, attachments, or payloads - how to choose, and how to expose an OIC REST service that accepts a JSON payload.

• Using a REST Trigger in Oracle Integration Cloud

  June 9, 20264 min readIntegration

  A walkthrough of building an app-driven OIC orchestration that starts from a REST trigger and passes information back to the caller.

• Creating a REST Connection: Trigger vs Invoke

  June 2, 20263 min readIntegration

  OIC terminology decoded - when you Invoke a connection versus expose a Trigger, and how to create a REST connection for each role.

• SaaS Apps Are Dying, but SaaS ERP Is Not

  May 26, 20264 min readEngineering

  The 'death of SaaS' narrative confuses point products with platforms. AI will obliterate single-purpose tools and leave enterprise ERP stronger than it was before -- if you picked the right vendor.

• Pick an AI Strategy or Lose Your Best People

  May 21, 20263 min readEngineering

  Holding off on choosing an AI strategy will cost you in more ways than you think. You won't just lose a competitive advantage -- you will lose people and data. Oracle AI Agent Studio allows organizations to employ a governed AI strategy with security and guardrails in place.

• Excel Apps Must Die. They Won't.

  May 12, 20267 min readEngineering

  Excel is the cockroach of corporate IT. For every spreadsheet app you find, ten more are hiding behind someone's desktop. In 2026, we finally have the tools to replace them, and every reason to believe we still won't.

• The Low-Code Paradox: AI Has Made Low-Code Editors More Cumbersome Than the CLI. APEX Has the Answer.

  May 5, 20265 min readEngineering

  Low-code platforms were supposed to be the easy path. Then AI showed up and made the terminal easier than drag-and-drop.

• Lessons Learned Building Data Migration Tools for Oracle Fusion Cloud

  April 10, 20265 min readEngineering

  After migrating millions of records into Oracle Fusion, here are the hard-won lessons about FBDI, data quality, and what actually matters when you go live.

• Building Software with Claude Code: A Practical Guide

  April 8, 20265 min readEngineering

  What actually works when using AI-assisted development, what to watch for, and how to get the most out of Claude Code as a daily tool.