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The Ideal Specification Combo in the AI Coding Era ==================================================
The Ideal Specification Combo in the AI Coding Era ==================================================  ### antirez
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Biggest mistake in AI coding era: to believe that specifications should be either natural language OR something else. The best combo is a natural language high level specification (the intend), plus code (as it gets written) documenting the finer behaviors.
Mar 14, 2026, 12:00 PM View on X
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Salvatore Sanfilippo argues that the best approach to AI coding is combining high-level natural language intent with the resulting code to document fine-grained behaviors.
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The author addresses a common misconception in AI-assisted development: the idea that specifications must be purely natural language or a formal alternative. He proposes a hybrid model where natural language defines the high-level intent, while the code itself serves as the documentation for specific, detailed behaviors as it is generated or written. This challenges the 'no-code' or 'pure prompt' extremes by emphasizing the dual role of intent and implementation.
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