The Spec Is the Program
Intent as the new source code
A book by Alpesh Nakrani
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- Pages
- 80
- Chapters
- 8
- Format
- PDF · 18.8 MB
What's in the book
Code used to be the durable asset and the spec a throwaway. AI-Native inverts it: the implementation is regenerated on demand and the specification is what you version, review, and defend. This is a working grammar for writing intent precisely enough that the machine builds the right thing and you can prove it did.
When a model writes the implementation, the specification becomes the artifact you actually maintain. How to write intent that survives a model upgrade.
Table of contents
PDF page- 01The Feature That Passed but Failed9
- 02A Prompt Is Not a Spec16
- 03SPEC-Lock23
- 04Examples Are the Executable Core31
- 05Constraints as Source Code39
- 06Properties, Contracts, and Invariants47
- 07Accepting Machine-Authored Diffs54
- 08Living Specs and Spec Drift62
- ENDConclusion70
- AAppendix A: Glossary73
- BAppendix B: Source Index76
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