September 10, 2025
Put your specs on
Code needs structure. Specification-driven development is the evolution AI programming has been waiting for.
Rich Ziade
A serial software entrepreneur and agency veteran, Rich Ziade has worked with the world’s biggest companies and built and sold many companies of his own, including Readability, Arc90, and Postlight. He co-founded Aboard with Paul Ford.
July 23, 2025
A legal framework for understanding bad AI-generated bugs
With spec-first approaches, we’re trying to bring order to AI coding by creating a set of rules and processes.
June 18, 2025
The AI future belongs to those who zoom out
AI can’t understand why something needs to be built—but software engineers can.
April 30, 2025
You can’t build on vibrations alone
The three critical ingredients of design that are missing from vibe coding.
February 26, 2025
Keep your hands on the wheel!
AI is a strange, powerful vehicle, and it works best when you stay in the driver’s seat.