Rajiv Popat - April 2006 Entries

How Events Work with ASP.NET 2.0 (A Quick Note on AutoWire)

It takes a BIG guy to say – “I don’t know” – and today I am going to say it. There are just too many things about ASP. NET, C# and the world in general that - "I Don't know!" After coding in.NET ever since it’s first Beta was ever released there are situations like these which are VERY... humbling (spelt - "embarrassing"). We started coding for a project and everything was going fine till we needed to code the PreRender event of a Web Control. Earlier versions......

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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.