Vinayak Pokale
Database Architect
Tokyo, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolVinayak Pokale is a Database Architect with 11 years of experience, currently shaping data platforms for Rakuten Asia from Tokyo/Singapore. He specializes in PostgreSQL and related components, contributing to open-source compatibility work that brings Oracle functions into Postgres (notably enhancing orafce with substr, to_number, nanvl and to_single_byte implementations and tests). His background spans R&D and senior engineering roles at NTT DATA and Rakuten, blending deep database internals knowledge with production-grade architecture. Comfortable in cross-border teams, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a proven track record of making legacy database behaviors interoperable in modern open-source systems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Science, Science at Fergusson CollegeInformation Technology, Information Technology at Jayawantrao Sawant PolytechnicBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering at Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology
Hindi, Marathi, Japanese, English
Github Skills (12)
webextension10
postgresql10
postgresql-extension10
sql10
database-design10
c119
database-administration9
c179
cpp8
distributed-systems8
sql-database8
distributed-database8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
orafce/orafce
Dec 2014 - Jun 2017
The "orafce" project implements in Postgres some of the functions from the Oracle database that are missing (or behaving differently).Those functions were verified on Oracle 10g, and the module is useful for production work.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 1 comment in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Vinayak primarily contributed to the `orafce` project, which aims to provide Oracle database functions in PostgreSQL. The commits focused on implementing and expanding the `substr` and `to_number` functions, ensuring compatibility with Oracle's behavior. They added function definitions, including handling various data types and input parameters, along with corresponding tests to validate the implementation. Furthermore, the user contributed by adding the `nanvl` and `to_single_byte` functions, improving Oracle compatibility.
oracle-to-postgresverifiedoracle-databasepostgresql-extensionsql
vinpokale/orafce
Feb 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes in 2 years 4 months
verifiedoracle-databasesqlorafceoracle
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