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app specification

^ app specification

related to app verification

Also related to code structure

is app specification actually just design

Part of human intent

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YAML frontmatter enables dependency-aware specifications

^ markdown extension -- front matter enabled transitive dependency resolution aware app specifications

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an issue tracker doesn't feel like the right place for app specification

^ an issue tracker (linear or github issues) doesn't feel like the right place for app specification

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app specification will be done with agents and markdown

^ app specification will be done with markdown graphs and agents

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app verification

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code-associated specification file

As described in blog post - modularity in spec files, these are well-factored app specification files that are directly associated with specific generated code files.

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cognitive debt

app specification

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free recall - Open AI harness blog post - 2026-02

First, and perhaps most importantly, they adopted a principal of no human -- coding, which has deep implications to their approach. They didn't say this explicitly, but it's not just the coding that they are attempting to remove humans from. They're trying to automate everything around the specification, development, and verification of an app. So, yeah, no human -- code review and no human -- app verification, too. They are even trying to reduce the amount of app specification that humans must do, too.

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Their app specification lives alongside the code in the repo and uses progressive disclosure, similar to agent skills. Rather than link out to external resources, they attempt to integrate the external resources so that the repo has all the context. I cannot recall why the structure their specs exactly like they do.
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coding agent operating without external context

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human intent

app specification

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is app specification actually just design

Is app specification actually just design?

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modularity in app specification files

^ dim - modularity -- high in app specification files

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tweet - simon's notes on Strong DM's software factory 2026-02

dark software factory humans don't write the code and they also don't verify the code, except through app specification beforehand. So spec-driven development, essentially, but some of the specs are declarative test scenario specifications.
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no human -- app verification

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type-safe specification - 2026-02

The idea that statically-typed languages may be a better medium for app specification than markdown.

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video - no vibes allowed - Solving hard problems with agents - 2025-12

At 2:40 maintaining mental alignment
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I think this is what I'm doing with app specification

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At 10:25 spec-driven development is broken. Not the idea, but the phrase. The problem is semantic diffusion. People mean different things by it.
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Related to app specification

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