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Monthly Archives: December 2025
Management is the wrong analogy for LLM augmentation
A common meme at the moment in AI-augmented coding circles is “we are all managers now”, with people expressing the idea that alongside actual programming, programmers now manage their team of agents. This is a poor analogy, in both directions. … Continue reading
Posted in AI, tool-support
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Is spec-driven development the end of Agile software development?
A claim that I’ve seen on software social media is that spec-driven development is evidence that agile was a dark path, poorly chosen. The argument goes that Agile software development is about eschewing detailed designs and specifications, in favour of experimentation and … Continue reading
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On the value of old principles
People using AI coding assistants typically wrestle with three problems (assuming they know what they’re trying to get the model to do, and that that’s the correct thing to try to get it to do): (It’s important to bear in … Continue reading
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