Spec-Driven Development: An Attempt at a Definition (Part 1 of 4)

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In an engineering context, spec is short for specification, and this term alone is already highly ambiguous. There are requirement specifications, functional specifications, and product specifications, to name just a few. Such specifications are executable by design; they can generate code, documentation, SDKs, mocks, and even service infrastructure. " "In SDD, specifications cease to be documentation artifacts and become long-lived executable infrastructure.

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