The spec gap: why coding agents burn tokens on assumptions between what you ask and what you expect
romitheguru · x · 2026-09-28
Coding agents are good at building exactly what you specify — but the gap between what you specify and what you expect is where agents start making assumptions. More assumptions mean more rework, more iterations, and more tokens burned. The takeaway: clearer specifications yield output closer to what you actually want.
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