This is a foundational moment for software engineering. The transition from Code-First ('Vibe Coding') to Specification-Driven Development (SDD) represents the most significant shift in the industry since the move from assembly to high-level languagesAt intent.dev, we are championing this inversion of power: where intent is the asset and code is the ephemeral output
At intent.dev, we are championing this inversion of power: where intent is the asset and code is the ephemeral output.For decades, we have operated under a false hierarchy: code was "truth," and specifications were merely scaffolding to be discarded. This created an inevitable gap between intent and implementation, leading to technical debt, misalignment, and stalled velocity.Specification-Driven Development (SDD) flips this model. We believe that specifications don't serve code, code serves specifications.By leveraging AI to understand, validate, and transform high-level intent into executable architecture, we eliminate the gap entirely.Key Value Pillars
- The Specification as the Asset: The PRD is no longer a document; it is the source of truth that generates the system.- 15-Minute Workflows: What previously took 12 hours of manual documentation—PRDs, design docs, and tasking—is now compressed into minutes via structured automation.- Architectural Guardrails: Through a "Development Constitution," we enforce library-first, test-first, and simplicity principles at the generative level.- Total Pivotability: Changing a business requirement in the spec automatically regenerates the implementation plan and code, making pivots a systematic process rather than a manual rewrite.The Bottom Line: SDD allows engineering teams to stop being "syntax translators" and start being architects of intent. We are moving toward a world where the speed of development is limited only by the speed of thought.
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