FIELD NOTESTHE ORA-600 BLOGSearch /STRAIGHT FROM THE LAB.
Oracle internals. Performance. Security.
Real experiments, broken assumptions and the code
that explains what happens underneath.
❯ cat /proc/ora600/mindset
____ ____ _ __ ___ ___
/ __ \/ __ \ / \ / / / _ \ / _ \
/ / / / /_/ / / _ \ / /_ | | | | | | |
/ /_/ / _, _/ / ___ \ | '_ \| |_| | |_| |
\____/_/ |_|/_/ \_\ \___/ \___/ \___/[ OK ] question the obvious
[ OK ] trace it to the source
[ OK ] show the evidence
❯ ./go-deeper --no-bullshit▌
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