Dana Dill - July 2005 Entries

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• Your Customers Build the Features Now

  I let a tool I liked sit dead for a year rather than build the features I wanted. An MCP server meant I never had to, and your customers can do the same to your product.

• 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.