Blueprint Over Bytes: How Modern Engineering Shifted From Writing Code to Designing Systems
AI is changing the center of gravity in software engineering: less manual typing, more specification, validation, system design, and human judgment.
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AI is changing the center of gravity in software engineering: less manual typing, more specification, validation, system design, and human judgment.
A simple, source-backed guide for engineers and PMs to start with GitHub Spec Kit, understand the main commands, and use the workflow cleanly in Cursor or Claude Code.
An exploratory, source-backed article on reverse-engineering one feature into current-state specs in the old repo, then using those artifacts to drive a safer implementation in a new repo and a new stack.
A practical brownfield workflow for reconstructing one existing feature into spec.md, plan.md, tasks.md, and supporting Spec Kit artifacts without pretending you are starting from scratch.
A research-checked guide to adding GitHub Spec Kit to a brownfield repository, wiring it into Cursor IDE and Cursor Background Agents, and adapting the workflow for polyrepo delivery.
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