Stop Winging It: How I Use OpenSpec to Keep AI Changes Structured and Costs Sane

Sun, 03 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400

I’ve been burned enough times by AI-generated code that “solved” the wrong problem to know that the issue usually isn’t the model — it’s the absence of any agreement on what we’re building before the first file gets touched. The AI goes, I approve changes that look reasonable, and somewhere around the third follow-up session I realize we drifted from the original intent two sessions ago.

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Stop Winging It: How I Use OpenSpec to Keep AI Changes Structured and Costs Sane