Books for professionals

http://www.books24x7.com/ -Referenceware for Professionals

http://www.safaribooksonline.com/ - Safari Bookshelf

http://safari.oreilly.com/ - O'Reilly Safari Bookshelf (same as Above I think it is the original)

Some online book libraries - should ask my boss to get us a subscription, seems like a stupid resource not to use considering the prices - that of reading text online (which I should get used to by now) in this library, compared with the price of actually buying a book, waiting for it to arrive and finding out that it isn't good enough (especially with the crazy prices charged for these books, especially in Israel)

New on Geeks with Blogs

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.