Compiling Zod schemas from English specs: A new paradigm in AI coding
holdenmatt · x · 2026-07-30
The author shared an emerging AI coding workflow pattern dubbed coding in "Zodish."
The core idea is that developers simply write natural language (English) specifications for how they want a system component to behave (including prompts and evals). The AI then "compiles" this into a strict Zod schema with built-in validation rules. In this pattern, natural language expresses intent, while the Zod schema bounds the model's output, enhancing the reliability of AI-generated code.
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