As AI Coding Agent adoption explodes, I’ve been interested in observing the emerging patterns and practices for their usage in delivering enterprise systems. Several months back, a new approach began garnering attention. It’s called Spec-Driven Development, or SDD. AI innovators are evaluating SDD's potential to deliver reliable, high-quality systems through AI Coding Agents.
In this talk, I’ll be sharing my initial experiences with SDD using the GitHub Spec Kit tool. I’ll explain why I think the vision for SDD and the current reality still have some gaps to fill. I’ll cover potential challenges with over-specification bottlenecks, governance gaps, and spec drift. I’ll also share my opinions about where SDD might be useful and how you might improve the chances of success when applying it for developing products.
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