Henk Devos - September 2004 Entries

ISDEF 2004 - The Russian Market

Of course, being at a shareware conference in Russia is the ideal way to find out what is going on in the Russian marketplace. There are really 2 aspects to this: What we can buy from Russia (supply) and what we can sell in Russia (demand). Supply I already learned last year that the shareware world is very different in Russia from Western Europe and the US. In Western Europe and the US, shareware is developed by single people, sometimes as a hobby, or by very small companies with maybe 2 or 3 employees.......

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Get the Size of a Directory in Linux the Easy Way

du -sh for the quick answer, ncdu for the cleanup, df for the disk itself: every command for checking directory size in Linux, plus why du and df never agree.

Vim Search and Replace: The Ultimate Guide

One :%s command replaces every match in a file before a find dialog would even open. The Vim substitute patterns worth the muscle memory: flags, ranges, capture groups, and multi-file edits.

Because of AI, You Need a New Development Team

Your existing team is buried in the complexity of your existing product. AI rewards the team with a blank slate. Most companies don't have one.

The Offshore Problem That Starts With a "Yes"

The stories about offshore "not working" are rarely about skill. They are about an invisible communication gap, and it starts the moment someone says yes.