What Cherny is describing, in engineering terms, is the operating principle behind test-driven development (TDD). TDD has ...

Acceptance test driven development, or ATDD, is a collaborative practice wherein application developers, software users, and business analysts define automated acceptance criteria very early in the ...

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In the technology field, what seems niche today often becomes tomorrow’s industry standard—and that’s definitely true of software development. From test-driven design and AI-powered code reviews to ...

Spec-driven development (SDD) offers a structured approach to AI-assisted coding by prioritizing detailed specifications before any code is written. Unlike “vibe coding,” which relies on iterative ...

Most discussions of AI-generated code focus on whether AI can write code. The harder question is whether you can trust it.

Simon Maple, Founding Developer Relations at Tessl, explains how it is re-thinking AI development workflow from the ground up, starting with better specifications. A key is keeping developers at the ...