Why on earth would you want to revert to Spec-Driven Development? Yes, agents are way faster at writing code. And (some) humans are better at system thinking. But we also suck at planning. Any experienced engineer knows you simply cannot sit down, write the specs and then write…↗

okay this is going kinda viral and tbh my original text was kind of messy, so here's a second pass with the help of Claude: -- Implement <SPEC>. As you work maintain a running implementation-notes.html file that captures anything I should know about how the implementation diverg…↗

a prompt I've been using a lot recently: implement <SPEC> and while you do, keep a running implementation-notes.html file (or markdown) with decisions you had to make weren't in the spec, things you had to change, tradeoffs you had to make or anything else I should know↗

recommended reading. strongly recommended reading. i really like the pain avoidance angle. slots into my "paon/friction is when you learn" angle. when combined > cognitive debt. larsfaye.com/articles/agent…↗