[haolez]

I've started using OpenSpec[0] recently to mitigate problems like that, but I'm still very early in this journey.

Can someone with more experience with it (or similar tools) chime in and confirm that this isn't just more AI snake oil? :)

[0] https://openspec.dev/

[pramodbiligiri]

Some kind of planning / speccing out is becoming inevitable. No personal experience with openspec but I do rely on generating plans, and then a set of tasks from the plan. And keeping a close eye on what's going as the tasks are churned through (although I wonder if simply saying Yes to the diffs has been adding much value /shrug).

Matt Pocock talks about specs and Openspec after 23:00 minute mark and again after 33:00 minute mark here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QFHIoCo-Ko. He doesn't believe in simply translating specs-to-code. He emphasizes tracer bullets, TDD, setting up quick feedback loops.