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Building software with AI coding agents and large language models as primary implementation tools. Covers prompting strategies, agent workflows, GitHub Copilot, Claude, and other AI-assisted development patterns that augment or replace traditional manual coding.

My Son Built an App with No IT Background
My Son Built an App with No IT Background

My Son Built an App with No IT Background

“Dad, can we build an app with AI?” That question started a spec-driven development experiment I’ll never forget. He was seventeen. No coding background, no CS classes. Just frustration with the school carpool situation: thirty parents in a WhatsApp thread, nobody knowing who was driving, every morning a small disaster. I said yes. But on one condition: we use GitHub 🌱 SpecKit. He looked puzzled. Fair enough. So I explained: it’s a framework for Spec-Driven Development. Describe the problem the…

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Spec-Driven Development: When the Spec Is Too Big
Spec-Driven Development: When the Spec Is Too Big

Spec-Driven Development: When the Spec Is Too Big

I had a spec, I had GitHub Copilot Pro+! A new billing period with fresh credits has begun. So I started to refurbish my Expense Management system. In detail, I was building with a fresh spec that should rebuild the whole system in one run. And yes, that was the problem. Everything looked good. Copilot credits were melting away during implementation. Some hours later I had my first results. The Azure portal showed me what was there. Content Understanding analyzers:…

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Spec-Driven Development: The Methodology Behind the Magic
Spec-Driven Development: The Methodology Behind the Magic

Spec-Driven Development: The Methodology Behind the Magic

Most developers I know have been here. They type a detailed prompt into their AI agent. The output looks right. They run it, tweak a detail, run it again – and somewhere around the third attempt, the whole thing has quietly shifted into something else. The problem is not the AI. The problem is the approach. Spec-driven development changes that. Before a single file gets created, you define intent. You build a shared understanding for your business stakeholders, your architect,…

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Stop Coding. Start Building from Specs.
Stop Coding. Start Building from Specs.

Stop Coding. Start Building from Specs.

I haven’t written a line of code since January. Not because I couldn’t. I stopped because spec-driven development showed me I was spending time on the wrong part of the job. Today, it is easy to type “build me XYZ” and get code in seconds. I did that too. Sometimes the result looked great. Then I ran the same prompt again and got something different. Logic shifted. Edge cases disappeared. The output stopped being predictable. The turning point came when…

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