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Who Pays My Bills if AI Takes My Job?

February 27, 2026
Pinal Dave
AI
AI, Developer, Professional Development

This story is about Who Pays My Bills if AI Takes My Job? The fear is real. And it is not the kind of fear you can fix with a certification.

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Vibecoding: What Is It and Why I Think It Will Change Everything

February 19, 2026
Pinal Dave
AI
AI, Developer

And he built it by simply talking to an AI. That is vibecoding. And trust me, once you understand it, you will not look at software development the same way again.

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Gherkin Language Beyond English: Keywords in Other Languages

October 10, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Developer, Software Development, Testing, Unicode

The Gherkin language is not limited to English. This post shows the language header, the same scenario in English, French and Hindi, a keyword table, why a team gains from writing in its own language, and the limits found when the keywords are mixed.

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Gherkin Scenarios: 3 Examples to Follow and 6 to Avoid

September 20, 2023
Pinal Dave
Personal
Developer, Software Development, Testing

Write Gherkin scenarios that specify behavior clearly. Compare three examples to follow with six to avoid, and make outcomes testable.

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BDD vs TDD: One Small Feature, Two Ways to Test It

August 31, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Developer, Software Development, Testing

BDD vs TDD is easy to mix up until you test the same feature both ways. This post checks one delivery rule with a unit test and then with a plain-language scenario, runs the unit test, and explains when each approach fits.

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Free Edition Product Key: Developer, Express and Evaluation

April 14, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Developer, SQL Licensing, SQL Server Express, SQL Server Installation, SQL Setup

A free edition product key tells SQL Server setup which free edition to install: Evaluation, Developer or Express. This post lists the three codes, shows how to pass one to an unattended install and how to check the edition afterwards. It also explains when an Evaluation instance ends.

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Giving Every Developer a Dedicated Development Database

January 18, 2016
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Database, Developer, Software Development

Set up a dedicated development database from approved schema scripts and clean seed data, with repeatable rebuilds and drift checks.

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