Code. Craft.Curiosity.
Building on Oracle since dial-up.
I’m Vinish Kapoor — 25 years deep in Oracle Database, APEX, Forms and PL/SQL, now shipping AI-assisted developer tools in public. Everything I learn lands on the blog, in APEX tutorials, or as a free tool you can use today.
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01The lab · Built in public
An idea. An itch.
A working tool.
Browser-first, privacy-friendly, free. Most run entirely on your machine — nothing uploaded, nothing tracked. Several were prototyped alongside Claude and Gemini.
APEXlang Export Previewer
Drop in an APEXlang export and explore apps, pages, regions, items and layouts interactively — 100% client-side, nothing ever leaves your browser.
Open the previewer
Flowchart Maker
Drag-and-drop flowcharts and process maps with smart connectors, AI-assisted workflows and PNG or PDF export. No signup required.
Start drawing
Screenshot Beautifier
Wrap raw screenshots in browser frames, gradients, shadows and tilt effects — the polish your docs and posts deserve.
Beautify a shot
Whiteboard
Sketch architecture and ideas in a hand-drawn style. Paste images or text straight in, then export the session to PNG or PDF.
Open the board
Travel Route Animator
Turn a multi-stop itinerary into an animated route map — pick your transport, style the canvas, export a seamless video clip.
Animate a trip
SmartShare for WordPress
After 15 years on WordPress I gave something back: a share plugin with a custom Like button, copy-link, social buttons and AI-assistant buttons. Free, open source, yours to fork.
Get the plugin
Oracle Script Browser
Paste a giant SQL script and read it like an Object Browser — parsed, formatted and navigable, entirely in the browser.
Browse a script
Hacker Simulator
Mash any key and watch cinematic "hacker" code stream across the screen. Built for pranks, demos and dramatic screen-shares.
Start typing02Selected work
Serious systems.
Real impact.
Waste logistics, retail merchandising and hospital operations — built on Oracle APEX and Oracle Forms, still in production today.
Waste Management Platform — VLS Environmental Solutions
An end-to-end operations suite: a rules-driven pricing engine, automated invoicing with email delivery, work-order processing, plant operations and a Guard Shack app that secures every vehicle movement on site. One APEX codebase replacing a stack of spreadsheets.
Retek Merchandising modules — A.S. Watson Group
Multiple Oracle Forms modules inside the RMS Retek platform, tightening inventory control, supplier coordination and merchandising flow across a global retail footprint.
Hospital ERP — Fatima Hospital
A full hospital ERP unifying patient management, billing, appointment scheduling and medical records — cutting admin overhead so staff could spend the time on patients instead.
03 / Recognition · 2026–27
A craft. A community.
Oracle ACE Pro.
The Oracle ACE Program recognises independent advocates and experts in Oracle technology — people who spend their own time making the ecosystem easier for everyone else. First awarded to me in 2020, and elevated to ACE Pro since.
- Oracle ACE since 2020 · Oracle ACE Pro for 2026–27
- Thousands of tutorials on APEX, PL/SQL, SQL and Oracle Forms
- Free, no-signup developer tools used worldwide
- Ongoing community advocacy across blogs, conferences and social
04Latest writing
Learn it. Build it.
Write it down.
Long-form, hands-on and opinionated — from APEXlang internals to how large language models quietly fail on long conversations.
The Complete Guide to APEXlang in Oracle APEX 26.1
How ATS Works for Resumes: What Really Happens After You Apply
Resume vs CV: What's the Difference and Which One You Need
How to Write a Software Engineer Resume That Gets Interviews
Model Collapse: What Happens When AI Trains on AI-Generated Data
Context Decay: Why LLMs Forget Your Instructions in Long Conversations
Prompt Injection Chain: How One Attack Cascades Through AI
What Is Vector Poisoning? The AI Attack Explained
05Learning roadmaps
Your next chapter.
Mapped out.
Structured, opinionated learning paths — the order I’d teach it if you were sitting next to me.
Oracle Database Roadmap
Foundations through advanced administration, tuning and architecture — step by step.
View roadmap
Oracle APEX Roadmap
From your first page to scalable, secure enterprise applications built the right way.
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Software Engineering Roadmap
Core programming, system design and the practices that separate seniors from the rest.
View roadmap
AI Roadmap for Developers
ML fundamentals, neural networks, LLMs and shipping AI features into real products.
View roadmap
06The arcade
A little less work.
A little more play.
Games & simulators, each a single page of JavaScript. No installs, no accounts — click, play, then read the source if you’re curious.
07Quick utilities
Small tools.
Big time-savers.
Open, paste, done. No accounts, no upload, no waiting.
CSV to SQL Insert
Turn CSV rows into ready-to-run INSERT statements.
Coded Notepad
A fast scratchpad that understands code.
Rich Text → Markdown
Paste from Word or the web, get clean Markdown.
Duplicate JSON Remover
Strip duplicate entries out of messy JSON.
Duplicate CSS Remover
Find and drop repeated rules to slim stylesheets.
Add Name & Date to Photo
Precise overlays, processed locally on your device.
Add Photo to Photo
Overlay one image onto another, right in the browser.
Write Code Online
Write, run and test code with no setup at all.
SQL Formatter
Beautify gnarly SQL into something readable.
08The network
Curiosity doesn’t
stay in one place.
Side projects that outgrew the side. Both started as a personal itch and now serve thousands of developers every month.
WebUtility.io
A growing library of free online utilities for developers and everyday users — converters, formatters, generators and more, all free to use.
Visit WebUtility
AI Parabellum
A hand-curated directory of genuinely useful AI tools — reviewed and categorised, so you spend less time wading through launch noise.
Explore the directory09 Say hello
Let’s build
something useful.
Got an Oracle problem worth solving? Consulting, collaborations, speaking, or just a good technical argument — I read everything that lands in my inbox.
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