Pawel Huryn: Spec-Driven Development Has Always Been BS
Roger_M_Taylor · x · 2026-07-05
Pawel Huryn argues that 'Spec-Driven Development (SDD)' has always been a fallacy and never truly worked for humans—just as Waterfall lost to Agile because people only figure out what to build during iteration. This perspective questions the current trend of applying SDD to AI coding.
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