Why I'll never go back to vibe coding

Vibe coding — steering an AI with vague prompts and hoping — feels fast until the context collapses and the rework starts compounding. My case for the alternative: write the specification first, precise enough that the agent can’t invent the missing parts. Spec-driven development trades immediate feedback for consistent output, and for anything beyond a throwaway script that trade wins.

I made the full argument — including a walkthrough of the BMAD method and the honest tradeoffs — on my employer’s blog: read the full piece at NearForm →

The practical, evolving version of this methodology lives on this site as spec-driven development, and the toolchain it grew into is sdx.