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Spec-driven development: Unpacking one of 2025’s key new AI-assisted engineering practices
Spec-driven development is an approach to AI-assisted software development that aims to undo the bad habits encouraged by the emergence of AI tools and vibe coding. But what is it exactly? And is the return to the spec just a return to waterfall? Thoughtworks' Liu Shangqi offers his perspective.
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We still need to talk about vibe coding
Back in April, we discussed vibe coding — what it was, what it wasn't and the risks it posed for software engineers. We couldn't have anticipated its rise, and seeing it awarded Word of the Year by the Collins English Dictionary only confirms just how extensive its grip on the collective imagination is. So, with that in mind, we thought we should revisit the topic as 2025 draws to a close...
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Black box reverse engineering
Usually, one of our approaches to accelerating legacy modernization with AI is to use it to accelerate the reverse engineering part first, feed AI with the existing code and then let it help us create a comprehensive description of the application’s functionality, which can be used in the forward engineering. But what if we don’t have the code, or it’s so messy that it’s useless? How can Generative AI accelerate reverse engineering in this case?
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AI evals for MCP in AIOps
As AI agents in operations shift to autonomous decision-makers through the Model Context Protocol, they gain powerful access to logs, metrics, traces, and runbooks, along with new risks. AI evaluations embedded in these workflows provide essential trust, safety, and accountability. They combine automated metrics, LLM-driven reasoning checks, and expert human reviews to ensure relevance and reliability. This layered approach delivers visibility and governance for complex operational decisions. The result is AI that supports operations with confidence, safety, and oversight.
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Martin Fowler is a world-renowned author and speaker, and a pioneer of agile software development. He has written a number of books, including Refactoring and Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture.
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