Danny Kwok

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  • ORDS 101

    ORDS (Oracle REST Data Services) is a cool feature to extend your Oracle database for integration via HTTPS. It will change and digital transform the way you interact and integrate to applications. This is why you need to enable ORDS for your database for future API. Continue reading

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  • ODA: Upload to Embedded Component Service Results in Failed to fetch custom component metadata, error response: 504

    Today, I hit a really $&#% issue regarding Oracle Digital Assistant (ODA) Chatbot. This has to do with custom component feature. I find this error message misleading and leads to hours of troubleshooting efforts. So, it is better to share here for our further reference. Continue reading

  • A Useful Cloud Template

    If you are dabbling in cloud, you will find that there are a few key cloud design model. I find that these standard design cloud architecture are useful templates. These templates can help developers to set up this quickly without the help of infrastructure or security experts. One key cloud template is a pair of… Continue reading

  • Digital Transformation Role

    Digital transformation role are seen sprouting all over organisations as we are pushing digitalisation amid the pandemic. There is an increased creation of such roles for many organisations. How effective is this role? Who should be best fit for this role? Continue reading

  • Freemarker Array in ODA

    Freemarker array can be confusing to use in ODA (Oracle Digital Assistant). It is hard to find documentation on how to index the content for JSON array. These are the syntax I had found to index array for ODA. Hope this helps! Continue reading

  • COVID! Please Stay Indoors

    In Singapore, Covid cases continues to rise as we are advised to stay indoors or avoid crowded places as part of COVID-19 measures. Work from Home is also a default to stem the increase. Elderly are advised to stay indoors as they are high risk group in contracting COVID-19. This comes not as a surprise… Continue reading

  • Serverless 101

    Serverless is a great concept for Cloud. It really abstracted the infrastructure and let the developers focus on application. It is also build on the model of on-demand or “pay as you use”. This really change the development approach to a focus on coding and simplify the deployment of backend services. Conceptually, the idea is… Continue reading

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  • Project Satisfaction

    Projects always have an outcome. We must learn to set a realistic expectations for a positive outcome. Positive outcome is correlated to project satisfaction and happiness. Project satisfaction creates many positive effects that will increase revenues and enhance team capabilities. What is project satisfaction and how should you achieve it? Continue reading

  • ODA Custom Component

    Oracle Digital Assistant (ODA) custom component is a nice addition to extend the functionality of Chatbot. With custom component, you can utilise the functionality of NodeJs and integrate to backend services. Continue reading

  • Oops! Wrong Buy In of Users

    Over the years, I have worked in many project implementation. One of the funniest moment that I can look back and laugh is the wrong buy in of key users. It is not surprising that users are inserted in projects for their titles. Being new to these type of projects, you cannot chase them out… Continue reading