Defining architectural shape is the key to spec-driven AI coding
gregmushen · x · 2026-10-12
Greg Mushen argues new models excel at building software to spec, other models are good at generating those specs, but good specs depend on collapsing the architectural solution space — which requires defining the architectural shape yourself.
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