About Vinish Kapoor

My journey

My programming story began in Lucknow, the city where I was born. My first programs were written in dBase III Plus and FoxPro. In 2000 I trained as an Oracle developer and started building business software for local companies, and Oracle has been at the centre of my work ever since.

Since then I’ve built a hospital ERP, retail systems for two of Asia’s largest retail groups, a portfolio-management platform for stock broking and, today, cloud applications in Oracle APEX. I live in the Delhi NCR region and work as an Oracle APEX lead consultant, where I still write code every day. In my free time I brainstorm new application ideas and keep an eye on where programming is heading next.

If you’d like to read more about my journey as a developer, Entrepreneur published a feature on it: The Path of a Developer.

My career, year by year

1. 2000 – 2005 · Lucknow

   Independent developer

   Custom business software, built end to end for local companies: inventory management for Khatri Perfumers, billing for BPL Electronics and fee collection for Lucknow Public School.

2. 2005 – 2010 · Lucknow

   Software Engineer · Fatima Hospital

   Designed and built the hospital’s entire ERP in Oracle Forms, Reports and PL/SQL: OPD, IPD, billing, pharmacy, investigations, finance and central store. Later extended it for a sister concern, Shanti Ayurved.

   • Oracle Forms
   • PL/SQL
   • Healthcare

3. 2011 · New Delhi

   Manager, Systems · SPS International

   Ran systems operations for an OMR-based exam evaluation solution on Oracle 10g, deployed for Anand Institute, Patna.

4. 2011 – 2013 · Noida

   Senior Software Developer · Synergy Software

   Built a portfolio-management platform for the stock-broking industry, with P&L and market-movement dashboards, for Religare, plus an annual-maintenance-contract system with automated billing.

   • Oracle APEX
   • Forms 6i
   • Finance

5. 2013 – 2019 · Hong Kong & Singapore

   Technical Lead · Vinculum Solutions

   Six years on site, leading delivery of Oracle Retek RMS for A.S. Watson Group and Dairy Farm International: order management, pick and pack, shipping, promotions and the Subclub reward-points system.

   • Oracle RMS
   • Forms & Reports
   • Retail

6. 2019 – today · Remote, for the USA

   Oracle APEX Lead Consultant · Virtual Employee

   Lead architect of a greenfield Oracle APEX application on Oracle Cloud for VLS Environmental Solutions, a US environmental and waste-management company. Highlights include an in-app email client, invoices merged with supporting PDFs and emailed automatically, and inbound email attachments saved straight to the database.

   • Oracle APEX
   • Oracle Cloud
   • Environmental services

7. 2020

   Named an Oracle ACE, and every year since. Now an Oracle ACE Pro.

8. 2022 – 2023

   Launched webutility.io and AI Parabellum.

9. 2026

   Five books on Oracle published, and VinAura PDF released free for the APEX community.

How I work

• Blank page to productionI own the whole cycle: requirements, specifications, data model, screens and the PL/SQL behind them. Most of my systems were built from scratch, and many are still running today.
• Speed is a featureSlow screens cost people hours every week. In retail I tuned queries that took several minutes down to seconds.
• Finish properlyYears of on-site delivery taught me that the job isn’t done at go-live: testing with real users, documentation and a clean handover matter as much as the code.
• Proof, not promisesEvery example in my books and articles was run against a real database. And if Oracle APEX isn’t the right fit for your problem, I’ll tell you.

What I work with

My expertise covers a wide range of technologies:

• Oracle APEX
• Oracle Forms & Reports
• PL/SQL
• SQL
• Oracle Database 26ai
• Oracle E-Business Suite R12
• ORDS & REST APIs
• Performance tuning
• JavaScript
• Linux & shell scripting
• WordPress
• Python

On this blog I focus on concise, practical articles with code examples, so fellow developers and enthusiasts get clear solutions they can use straight away.

Throughout my career I’ve developed and implemented software for many industries:

• Healthcare and medical institutions
• Education
• Hospitality
• Courier and logistics
• Legal services
• Finance and share trading
• Retail
• Environmental services

My books

I’m the author of five books on Oracle development. Every example in them was run against a real database, and the output printed is the output it returned.

New · 409 pagesAI Applications with Oracle Database 26ai and APEX 26.1Vector search, RAG and AI agents, built in SQL, PL/SQL and Oracle APEX.Explore the book 828 pagesOracle APEX 26.1: The Complete GuideExplore 528 pagesOracle APEX 26.1 API by ExampleExplore 677 examplesOracle Database 26ai SQL and PL/SQLExplore 484 pagesOracle Forms 14c: The Complete Developer’s GuideExplore

See all my books on my Amazon author page.

Recognition

In recognition of my ongoing contributions to the Oracle community, I have been honoured with the Oracle ACE Award every year since 2020, including 2026, and I’m now an Oracle ACE Pro. It reflects my commitment to sharing knowledge and supporting others in the field.

Projects & writing

I’m the founder and maintainer of several websites dedicated to technology and programming: vinish.dev, webutility.io and aiparabellum.com. Through them I share resources, tools and insights with the programming community.

I’ve also contributed articles to AI News, Developer Tech, HackerNoon and DEV Community, writing about Oracle APEX, AI, software development and the technology that’s coming next.

I’m a long-time contributor on Stack Overflow, answering Oracle, PL/SQL and APEX questions, and I share open-source code and samples on GitHub.

Beyond programming

Away from the keyboard, I have a strong interest in meditation and stay physically active through regular exercise. Travel has also been a big part of my life, both personally and professionally: my work has taken me to South Africa, Singapore, Indonesia, Macau, Thailand, Dubai and Hong Kong.

Connect with me

I always look forward to connecting with like-minded professionals and enthusiasts. Your thoughts, ideas and feedback are most welcome.

• Amazon author page
• LinkedIn
• X (Twitter)
• GitHub
• Stack Overflow
• Facebook
• Reddit

Thank you for visiting, and I hope you find my blog helpful and inspiring.— Vinish