The Speclr Blog
For professionals who build with intent and precision.
From vague idea to clear specs - Product Definition, Requirements Engineering, Software Architecture, Backlog Planning, AI Development, and the structured practices that separate professional teams from everyone else.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Michael
Requirements EngineeringIntermediate9 min read
Coding Agents are the sloppiest developers you'll ever hire
A coding agent doesn't fill spec gaps the way an experienced developer does. It exploits them. The difference isn't capability - it's consequence. This is a 2AM postmortem, and what it actually tells you about building with AI.
Friday, April 10, 2026
Michael
Requirements EngineeringIntermediate8 min read
Spec-driven development starts one step too late
SDD tools like GitHub Spec Kit and AWS Kiro solve a real problem. But every one of them starts with a spec already in hand - and nobody asks how it got there.