Spec-driven development meets agentic coding: specs, instructions, and an AI assistant bridging idea to implementation.

When Specs Become the Interface: Notes from a Talk on Spec-Driven Development and Agentic Frameworks

Recently, more often than not my coding sessions involve AI agents in some capacity. Whether it’s GitHub Copilot suggesting snippets, or me creating an instructions file to guide the agent’s behavior, AI has become an important part of my workflow. And a couple of nights ago I caught myself doing something that would’ve sounded ridiculous just a year ago: I was “working” without writing code. Not in the I’m procrastinating way. In the I’m building the thing way. ...

December 23, 2025 · 7 min · Kia Raad