The importance of writing your own specs

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In my first career, civil engineering, we were trying to build quite a funky split-dome shape - a bit like a chocolate orange - with arched reinforced concrete beams supporting timber beneath a zinc roof.

Specifying is hard — and most of us have forgotten how to do it

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The lost art of specification
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Before the industrial revolution, if you wanted a suit, dress or furniture you thought about what you wanted, articulated that thought to a craftsperson and they made it for you. If the person making it was any good then they knew what questions to ask if there were any gaps. Getting that conversation right mattered because if the end result wasn’t what you wanted you’d lose money and a lot of time.

Spec Driven Development on repace.ai

The importance of writing your own specs

Specifying is hard — and most of us have forgotten how to do it

The lost art of specification #

The lost art of specification
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