Normalize to save space

It is no surprise at all: a normalized database requires less space on disk than a not-normalized one.

Incompatible libclntsh.so when compiling DBD::Oracle

Sometimes I need to connect from Perl to Oracle, and that is not always as simple as it sounds!

PostgreSQL is almost the best (according to Stack Overflow Survery)

Stack Overflow 2019 Suvery results are available, and PostgreSQL is almost leading in the database field.

A glance at pg_cron to automatically schedule database tasks

I tend to use cron(1) to schedule some automated tasks on the database server side, and since I discovered the pg_cron extension, I decided to try it. Here are some impressions.

Mountpoint madness: udisks and why I love FreeBSD the most

Where does Linux mounts removable media? It depends on a lot of factors, maybe too much…