Replacing spec-driven development with just facts

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I had a lot of issues with spec-driven approaches, agents are too readily producing fluff, large projects have so many specs agents start making mistakes maintaining them. There's a constant consistency tax. In the end every spec is just a bunch of facts, so I decided to leave...

Published: May 4, 2026
First seen: May 4, 2026

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

Primary public product URL is https://github.com/av/facts.
Description: I had a lot of issues with spec-driven approaches, agents are too readily producing fluff, large projects have so many specs agents start making mistakes maintaining them. There's a constant consistency tax. In the en....
GitHub repository is linked as av/facts.
Listed on Hacker News as "Replacing spec-driven development with just facts".
Source description: I had a lot of issues with spec-driven approaches, agents are too readily producing fluff, large projects have so many specs agents start making mistakes maintaining them. There's a constant consistency tax. In the en....

Use Cases

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
A public GitHub repo is available for direct technical review.
Hacker News mention is recent (2026-05-04).
Primary public product URL is https://github.com/av/facts.
Description: I had a lot of issues with spec-driven approaches, agents are too readily producing fluff, large projects have so many specs agents start making mistakes maintaining them. There's a constant consistency tax. In the en....

Why Now

Replacing spec-driven development with just facts is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently medium (49/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

34.7

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

Listed on Hacker News as "Replacing spec-driven development with just facts".
Source description: I had a lot of issues with spec-driven approaches, agents are too readily producing fluff, large projects have so many specs agents start making mistakes maintaining them. There's a constant consistency tax. In the en....
Source publish date is 2026-05-04.
Description: I had a lot of issues with spec-driven approaches, agents are too readily producing fluff, large projects have so many specs agents start making mistakes maintaining them. There's a constant consistency tax. In the en....
GitHub repository is linked as av/facts.
Primary public product URL is https://github.com/av/facts.

Signals

Hacker News mention is recent (2026-05-04).
A public GitHub repo is available for direct technical review.
Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Public code access can lower evaluation friction for developer audiences.

Unknowns

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Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
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Evidence Snapshots

Replacing spec-driven development with just facts
Listed on Hacker News as "Replacing spec-driven development with just facts".
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Replacing spec-driven development with just facts GitHub repository
GitHub repository is linked as av/facts.
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Replacing spec-driven development with just facts official profile
Primary public product URL is https://github.com/av/facts.
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