Spec-driven Development

Note: You must be RSVP'd (not on the waitlist) for the main meetup event (NYC Code and Coffee 87 at Datadog HQ) to attend this session.

AI coding assistants excel at small tasks and isolated features. But when you're building something that spans multiple files and requires upfront planning, they fall apart.

Spec-driven development fixes this. Write the spec first, let the AI build from it, then iterate. This talk breaks down how to do it in three phases, what tradeoffs you'll hit, and how to start using it
in your next feature