Slack's first employee: living specs as source of truth, AI agents maintain the docs
josh_wills · x · 2026-10-21
In the latest 'after coding' podcast, Slack's first employee Johnny Rodgers and early engineer James Scheinblum describe how they build at Supernice: no more first commits — living specs are the ultimate source of truth, with AI agents maintaining the documentation. Their thesis: engineering is moving past typing syntax into managing systems, and with tribal knowledge eliminated, engineers can step away from daily plumbing to focus on architecture and product taste.
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