While at PDC08, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Microsoft Developer Evangelist Extraordinaire, Jennifer Marsman. I'd love to lie to you and tell you we're old friends, because she's such a cool geeky chick, but we actually just met at PDC08. Still, she is hella awesome and has plenty to say about all the cool stuff that's going on in the tech community. So check out these NINE Questions with Jennifer Marsman:
Video NINE Questions with Jennifer Marsman
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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.