I always like to start with something easy, or at least easy for me… 🙂 ChatGPT, using GPT4 is moving fast and at this point, we can test it to generate code that will replace much of what I would write in a BASH, Python or PowerShell script. The prompt in ChatGPT was as follows: “Deploy Oracle 19.3 image on an Azure VM, using an E8ds_v5 SKU, with P6 for the OS Disk in EastUS2 in Azure CLI using BASH” ChatGPT is good about using natural language in it’s output to parse through each step and include the code that…
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Considering my title on LinkedIn says I’m the RDBMS Dinosaur Farmer, you might be surprised to see a blog post on artificial intelligence (AI) coming from me, but I’ve been interested in the field for some time. There was also a time where I was spending considerable hours on IOT and new technology, only having dug deep into Oracle when it was clear that this was what we needed from me after I joined Microsoft just short of five years ago. I was hired in Analytics and AI, but it became apparent quite quickly it wasn’t going to be my…
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I’m back!! I know you missed my posts…be honest…. 🙂 So its time to start drinking from the fire hose and its important for me to go back to the very beginning, start from scratch and learn from A to Z. I learned Power BI on my own and there is undoubtedly pieces missing from my knowledge base that need to be filled in. No way I’d be able to spell if my A to Z alphabet was missing some vital letters, right pps, err, I mean peeps? What is Power BI? Power BI is Microsoft’s answer to how people…
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So many have asked me when I’m starting at Microsoft and the official date is Monday, June 11th now. Many also wonder what my upper limits are on how much I can handle, well folks, it looks like we’ve reached them! I was supposed to start this last Monday, but as my last day approached, it became all the more clear that there was a need to change my ending and start date. Individual deadlines had pushed out, requirements changed and I was left feeling a bit overwhelmed because as most know, I don’t do anything the easy way- major…