The Spoken Nerd

41 Episodes

1. Back to Basics: MVCC - Why databases are magic!

   Published: 5/10/2022
2. Back to basics: SQL Parsing - the silent database killer

   Published: 3/11/2022
3. The Oracle Optimizer - A conversation with Nigel Bayliss - Part 4

   Published: 2/18/2022
4. The Oracle Optimizer - A conversation with Nigel Bayliss - Part 3

   Published: 2/9/2022
5. The Oracle Optimizer - A conversation with Nigel Bayliss - Part 2

   Published: 2/1/2022
6. The Oracle Optimizer - A conversation with Nigel Bayliss - Part 1

   Published: 1/25/2022
7. Why every DBA should learn APEX

   Published: 1/6/2022
8. A conversation with Tim Hall (oracle-base) - Part 3

   Published: 11/1/2021
9. A conversation with Tim Hall (oracle-base) - Part 2

   Published: 10/25/2021
10. A conversation with Tim Hall (oracle-base) - Part 1

    Published: 10/19/2021
11. Back to basics: The most important skill for any tech professional

    Published: 9/5/2021
12. Testing: The importance of trying to break stuff

    Published: 8/4/2021
13. Back to basics: Stop doing SQL tuning!

    Published: 7/5/2021
14. Back to basics: The structure of an index

    Published: 5/27/2021
15. Every index is a bug

    Published: 4/13/2021
16. Back to basics: Once around the block! A look at block internals

    Published: 3/10/2021
17. Back to basics: The very clever history of the ROWID

    Published: 2/15/2021
18. Back to basics: The evolution of tablespaces

    Published: 2/5/2021
19. How does SELECT * FROM TABLE find its data? Back to basics with datafiles, segments and extents

    Published: 1/16/2021
20. "Start the database!" is an incorrect phrase. Back to basics with databases and instances

    Published: 1/16/2021