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BDA notebook by Balaaji Dhananjayan
IN THE SPOTLIGHTCloud computing
01 / FIELD NOTES

Does Google Spanner
defy CAP theorem?

Strong consistency. High availability. Let’s unpack the trade-offs behind the promise.

2 min read · Google CloudRead the article
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Oracle Database17Cloud computing4NoSQL4Linux1
THE NOTEBOOK

Fresh from the field.

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ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES

Learn it. Build it. Run it.

All hands-on guides
01Oracle / STEP BY STEP

Install Oracle GoldenGate 19c on Linux

Prepare a Linux host, install GoldenGate 19.1.0.0.4 with Oracle Universal Installer, and verify GGSCI and Manager with a clear, illustrated walkthrough.

6 min readOpen guide02Oracle / STEP BY STEP

Manage a fast refreshable materialized view

Understand materialized views, configure fast refresh, and work with materialized view logs in Oracle.

8 min readOpen guide03Oracle / STEP BY STEP

Oracle Database 19c on VMWare Workstation PRO

A complete walkthrough for installing Oracle Database 19c on Oracle Linux 7 with VMware Workstation Pro.

17 min readOpen guide
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THE PERSON BEHIND THE QUERIES

Hello, I’m Balaaji.

A database reliability engineer, architect, and lifelong learner. This is where I share what I discover while working with databases and the cloud.

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“In teaching others,
we teach ourselves.”THE IDEA BEHIND DBGENRE