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APEX 26.1 brings native LLM function calling to PL/SQL. Here's how to design tools that the model actually uses correctly: scope, validation, and security.
My rule for AI use is a border of interaction. Before the border, in private, I am happy to use AI as much as it helps: search, planning, code, transcription, translation, summaries, drafts, and any other tool-shaped assistance. The...
Sangiovese with 10% Merlot, aged 12 months in 800 gallon casks; south-facing vineyards on sandstone and clay at 1,300–1,800 feet; 13.5 % alc. Lively andContinue reading
Nintendo of America / YouTube: The Star Fox Direct will begin at 3pm PT on May 6, 2026. The presentation will be roughly 15 minutes. Talk about a surprise. Announced at roughly 5:50pm Eastern, then airing online at 6pm Eastern yesterday,...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Gil Thorp,...
In two recent blogposts I have outlined the history of our field, one on the history of proof assistants and another specifically about earlier work on the formalisation of mathematics by machine. And yet, bizarrely, I overlooked one of...
Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Pete Yorn’s Musicforthemorningafter. Note: As many of you saw, I recently wrote about a Best Record of 2001 challenge and noted that I’d be writing some of these up. The plan is to do quick hits...
Back in my management consulting days, one of the first things we’d do with a new client was map out the org chart – who the players were, who the decision-makers were, how the place was wired. And every time, you’d realize the formal...
Ina Garten’s Tuna and Hummus Sandwiches pair creamy, garlicky hummus with bright, briny tuna salad for an easy open-faced lunch. Celery, onion, cornichons, lemon, Dijon, and radish add crunch and sharpness, while the hummus keeps...
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Once: I took the picture below during the first panel of the “Progress and Preservation: Reuse for a Resilient City” event yesterday, put on by the Municipal Art Society. The speaker at that moment was Emily Hoffman, the Director of...