Spec-Driven Development: The Waterfall Strikes BackSpec-Driven Development (SDD) revives the old idea of heavy documentation before coding — an echo of the Waterfall era. While it promises structure for AI-driven programming, it risks burying agility under layers of Markdown. This post explores why a more iterative, natural-language approach may better fit modern development. The Rise of Specification Coding assistants are intimidating: instead of
