New Limits Of Spec-driven Development 2025

SDD (Spec-Driven Development) is being positioned as the "right way" to build with AI. For certain problems such as API integrations with strict contracts, regulated industries with compliance requirements, this works well.

But for exploratory development like most of the cases? SDD breaks down fast. Stop chasing perfect upfront specifications. The future isn't about better specs, it's about better context.

Source: HackerNoon