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My colleague called it "just a batch file"
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Hey Reader, At lunch the other day, a colleague looked at my Copilot setup and said: "It's basically just a batch file, right? You write a script once and run it on demand." And I had to stop and think. Because that's actually a pretty good analogy. But it's also missing something crucial. A batch file doesn't read your codebase before it runs. It doesn't know your handlers use a custom base class. It doesn't know you're on minimal APIs. AI Skills do. In 13 minutes, you'll see a full vertical slice using MediatR, FluentValidation, and the result pattern. All generated from a single command. Same structure, every time, no re-explaining your architecture, no bloated instruction files consuming tokens you don't need to spend. This is the difference between automation and intelligence. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. Take care, Patrick |
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