Why “openspec” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
What was your prompt? Literally "Push the project further"? Then the behavior wouldn't be very surprising. As you probably know, you have the Plan Mode available - personally I'…
by cnj · Sep 22, 2026
There is a pre-release book on O’Reilly called “AI-Native Software Engineering” that has three chapters on spec driven design. That is where I found out about openspec. The skil…
by bustermellotron · Sep 18, 2026
Interesting project. How does it compare to GSD (opengsd.net)? Just from the command set it seems a lot lighter but also less expressive. GSD is quite OK but very token hungry (…
by _blk · Sep 17, 2026
In my experience, if I write good, thorough specs, the code adheres to them. And if something's off, I don't go and modify the code, this is when specs and code start to drift.…
by nicotejera · Sep 17, 2026
Agreed. Having used OpenSpec extensively for a few months now, long-lived specs in the repo are useless, but the OpenSpec change process is super valuable for keeping agents on…
by mactavish88 · Sep 17, 2026
The code is only part of the specification. It does rarely document the actual requirements to a degree you can rely on for decision making. Sure, the code should speak for itse…
by polycaster · Sep 17, 2026
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