O'Reilly: Specs Need an Exit Strategy When AI Writes Code
rseroter · x · 2026-08-17
The article discusses the risk of Markdown specs becoming a parallel system that drifts from the code in AI-driven development. It argues that specifications should be briefs for change, not living artifacts, and that code is the source of truth while natural language captures the delta.
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