New AI Coding Paradigm: Compiling English Specs into Zod Schemas

holdenmatt · x · 2026-07-30

A developer shared an emerging AI coding workflow: writing English specs for system components (including prompts and evals) and "compiling" them into strict Zod schemas with built-in validation. Dubbed "Zodish," this approach leverages English to express intent while using Zod to bound and validate the AI's output.

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