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Spec-Driven Development

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A vintage screen-print illustration in charcoal, aged parchment cream and brick red of a tilted printed specification document struck by a jagged red pen line that cracks open a stack of code blocks below it.

Development

Requirements After the First Edit Cost Coding Agents Double

A September 2026 study of 3,553 coding-agent sessions finds requirements arriving after coding starts double the agent's rework — warning it in advance doesn't help.

A bold vintage screen-print illustration in aged paper cream, charcoal and red pen crimson of a tilted printed specification document marked up with a heavy diagonal strike-through, a circled correction, and a solid red sticky note.

Development

Spec-Driven Development Can't Spec the Governance That Matters

A 420-KLOC case study challenges spec-driven coding's premise, arguing real governance is discovered from failures mid-project, not written into a spec upfront.