Barry McGillin

Director of Development at Oracle. Building SQLcl, SQL Developer, ORDS & SQL Developer for VS Code. Based in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

I’m Barry McGillin, Director of Development at Oracle Corporation, based in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

I lead development teams for Oracle’s database tools including SQLcl, SQL Developer, Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), and SQL Developer for VS Code.

This blog covers Oracle database tooling, development practices, and the occasional foray into other tech topics. Posts here were originally published on Blogspot and migrated to this site in 2026.