Multiplayer @multiplayer.app · Feb 13

What is spec-driven development? The approach: Write comprehensive specs → detailed technical plans → task breakdowns → then let AI generate code. Sound familiar? We used to call this Big Design Up Front (BDUF). We spent decades running away from it. 🧵

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Multiplayer · Feb 13

Here's the irony: We abandoned BDUF because waterfall was too rigid. Then Agile swung us too far the other way: teams heard "responding to change over following a plan" and translated it to "don't plan at all." The pendulum went from BDUF paralysis to "we'll figure it out as we go" chaos.