Programmer and author Dave Johnson shared an anecdote on his Weblog last year about what happened when his 5-year-old son walked up behind him while he was coding. “He saw the JUnit green bar on the ...

There are some good reasons that test-driven development isn’t as widely used as it is discussed. Everyone is talking about test-driven development. Is anyone actually doing it? TDD has been embraced ...

Traditionally, developers have used test-driven development (TDD) to validate applications before implementing the actual functionality. In this approach, developers follow a cycle where they write a ...

In the technology field, what seems niche today often becomes tomorrow’s industry standard—and that’s definitely true of software development. From test-driven design and AI-powered code reviews to ...

Spec-driven development (SDD) offers a structured approach to AI-assisted coding by prioritizing detailed specifications before any code is written. Unlike “vibe coding,” which relies on iterative ...

Spec-driven development is quietly changing how embedded engineers work with AI coding agents. If you have handed a coding agent a prompt, you know the failure mode. The code compiles. It looks right.

AI lets you code at warp speed, but without Agile "safety nets" like pair programming and automated tests, you're just creating technical debt even faster. Generative AI has revolutionized the space ...

What if the AI tools you rely on for coding could finally stop feeling like unpredictable assistants and start acting like reliable collaborators? For years, developers have wrestled with the ...

Simon Maple, Founding Developer Relations at Tessl, explains how it is re-thinking AI development workflow from the ground up, starting with better specifications. A key is keeping developers at the ...