Author Archives: Duncan Butler

About Duncan Butler

Trying to be a very agile software developer, working in C# with Specflow, Nunit and Machine Specifications, and in the evening having fun with Ruby and Rails

The Rise of Centaur Programming: AI and Human Collaboration

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Duncan Butler

We’ve All Been Vibe-Coding We’ve all been vibe-coding—riding the wave of AI-assisted development with flashes of brilliance and bursts of productivity. But as the dust settles, it’s clear: this approach doesn’t scale. It doesn’t architect business-grade applications. AI can’t replace … Continue reading →

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Transform Traditional Coding with AI Support

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Duncan Butler

AI can scaffold ideas instantly. But without structure, it can also generate spaghetti faster than you can untangle it. That’s why discipline isn’t optional—it’s the difference between collaboration and chaos. Continue reading →

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TDD With Agents

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Duncan Butler

Back in what now is probably in computer terms the mist of time, we used to do test driven development. We engaged in deliberate practice using code katas. This helped us improve our keyboard, refactoring, and coding skills. Well with … Continue reading →

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Optimizing Project Structure with Copilot in Visual Studio Code

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Duncan Butler

Copilot has become a great tool for working with code. I have found myself moving away from Visual Studio. I am working more and more in Visual Studio Code. This shift can feel strange for dot net projects. You also … Continue reading →

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Streamline Development: The Benefits of the MAP Stack

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Duncan Butler

Let’s have a chat about something that’s been quietly transforming my day-to-day as a developer: the MAP Stack. The MAP Stack is one of those rare shifts that actually delivers on the promise of making life easier, not just different. … Continue reading →

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Job Board: Adding a Job

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Duncan Butler

A little bit of planning before we start to code the board, to start we need to be able to add, delete and search the jobs in the job board, this is the minimum functionality we are going to need … Continue reading →

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Redundency

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Duncan Butler

It has happened to a lot of technical people over the last year or two, and sadly I have joined the club. But instead of looking at it as an end, which is very easy, lets look at it as … Continue reading →

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Setting up for Rust development on windows 11 WSL2

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Duncan Butler

Most of this is going to come from other sites and blog posts, along with my own notes on things I found diffecult. So the aim is to setup a development environment on windows 11 WSL2 for I think Rust … Continue reading →

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Failed to build gem native extension on Windows

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Duncan Butler

So there I was lovely new computer, I installed Ruby 193, old tests which needed it, don’t ask, and of cause the ruby dev kit, then a quick bundle install and I will be ready to go, but instead I … Continue reading →

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