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ODD October 30, 2026

ODD vs SDD: less ceremony, better decisions

Explore how Gentle-AI's ODD differs from SDD, scales planning to risk, preserves intent and verifies coding-agent changes without needless ceremony.

SDD October 8, 2026

SDD + TDD: From Requirements to Verifiable Tests

Learn how to combine SDD and TDD with coding agents: lightweight specifications, acceptance criteria, Red-Green-Refactor and CI-backed evidence.

Spec Kit October 7, 2026

Spec Kit 1.0: SDD Becomes Composable Workflows

Explore GitHub Spec Kit 1.0 extensions, presets, workflows and artifact introspection. Learn when its modular SDD tools help and when they add overhead.

SDD August 11, 2026

Spec-Driven Development: The Developer Role Redefined

How Spec-Driven Development flips the developer from typist to architect of intent. Inside the 40-60% waste map, the three maturity levels, and the Spec-as-Source role shift that ends vibe coding.

AI Agents August 7, 2026

Addy Osmani's Agent Skills: 24 Skills for the Full Lifecycle

Deep tour of addyosmani/agent-skills: the 24 skills covering Define→Ship, the anatomy of a SKILL.md with anti-rationalizations and red flags, the three-tier eval framework, and an honest comparison with Superpowers, Spec-Kit and OpenSpec.

SDD May 22, 2026

'Grill Me' vs Socratic Method vs Spec-Driven Dev

An architectural analysis of how the 'Grill Me' skill fits into the historical tension between honoring the specification and constantly challenging it through adversarial prompts.

SDD May 20, 2026

Mattpocock/skills: The Composable Alternat...

Why Matt Pocock's skills are small, composable, and opinionated — and how they compare to Spec Kit, OpenSpec, and BMAD for AI-assisted Android development.

SDD May 20, 2026

Socratic Grilling Meets Spec-Driven Develo...

Matt Pocock's /grill-me skill forces adversarial alignment before coding. SDD frameworks enforce architectural contracts. We test whether these two philosophies can actually work together in a single workflow — and where they genuinely conflict.

SDD May 19, 2026

Spec Kitty: Spec-Driven Development for AI Coding Agents

A complete guide to Spec Kitty — the CLI that turns product intent into a repeatable agent workflow using git worktrees, a 9-lane kanban system, and repository-native mission artifacts.

SDD May 17, 2026

OpenSpec for Mobile Development: Spec-Driv...

How to apply OpenSpec in Android and Kotlin projects to keep AI agents aligned with architecture, with practical examples of change proposals, task validation, and living files.

AI May 16, 2026

The Socratic Agent Series (Part 2): Spec-D...

How AI's desire to please you is destroying your codebase. We explore Spec-Driven Development frameworks and how to implement Socratic verification gates in your Android CI pipeline.

SDD April 12, 2026

Agentic Engineering Methodologies: Superpowers vs OpenSpec

A deep dive comparison of two distinct approaches to AI software development: the skill-based methodology of Superpowers and the artifact-guided workflow of OpenSpec.

AI March 28, 2026

Lean Task-First Development: Beads, LeanSp...

A deep dive into three tools that solve context rot and keep AI coding agents focused: Beads (git-native DAG issue tracker), LeanSpec (minimal spec-driven workflow), and Taskmaster (PRD-to-task orchestration). Real commands, real workflows, real indie dev perspective.

SDD March 28, 2026

SDD Frameworks Deep Dive: GitHub Spec Kit,...

A thorough analysis of the three leading Spec-Driven Development frameworks: the architectural contracts of GitHub Spec Kit, the change-proposal agility of OpenSpec, and the multi-agent orchestration of BMAD-METHOD.

AI March 24, 2026

Alternative Paradigms and Emerging Methodo...

A deep dive into IDD, Lean SDD, BEADS Workflow, Agent OS, and the Dark Factory concept: emerging methodologies that challenge conventional development flows and raise the abstraction level in the age of autonomous AI.

AI March 24, 2026

Spec-Driven Development with Agentic

A senior engineer's guide to SDD for agentic AI: from vibe coding to structured, reproducible development using GitHub Spec Kit, BMAD Method, OpenSpec, SPARC, and more.