Spec-Driven Development for AI Agents: I Tried OpenSpec and Others

The podcast explores spec-driven development for AI coding assistants, questioning whether current tools overcomplicate the process. It examines tools like OpenSpec, AgentOS, SpecKit, and BMAD, with a practical demonstration of OpenSpec using a real-world Upwork job. The speaker details a Laravel project setup, using Claude Code and Opus 4.5 to generate technical specifications and task lists, and also shares an alternative team approach, emphasizing user stories and database structure before task definition. The podcast concludes by suggesting that simpler, prompt-based methods may be more flexible and efficient than rigid frameworks, especially as AI models improve.