#mapepire

Mapepire on My IBM i System: Finally Database Connections That Dont Make Me Want to Scream into the Void! Picture this: you are building a slick modern app and you just want it to chat nicely with Db2 for i without wrestling ancient ODBC drivers or wrestling with client libraries that feel older than your first green screen. Enter Mapepire the open source superhero that runs a super light daemon…

Mapepire, a type of pit viper native to South America, boasts a logo that’s arguably the best creation from Big Blue since the original IBM emblem. As for how to say it, IBM-i Mapepire GitHub says Mapepire is pronounced ‘mapəpɪə’ or ‘MAH-pup-ee’ which seems nonsense to me! I’ve been pronouncing this as Mape (like Vape) Pire (like Fire) in my head while I am writing this. Let’s see if I can…

Imantodes cenchoa. by LeseMajeste on Flickr.

The Mapepire Corde Violon[1] or Blunthead Tree Snake[2] (Imantodes cenchoa) is a slender snake in the colubrid family. It is found from southern Mexico, through Central America and South America.[2] It feeds on geckos, anolis lizards, frogs, reptile eggs, and frog eggs.