Code is a side-effect of clear thinking. Jumping straight into code invites technical debt, architectural dead ends, and scope creep. By forcing requirements to be articulated as structured markdown specs, developers clarify assumptions before writing a single line of code.
We reject bloated enterprise development frameworks and "methodology theater." Documentation should be lightweight, readable by both humans and LLMs, and live directly in the Git repository alongside code.
The spec is a contract. AI tools should assist in drafting and refining documentation, but a human must review and approve the technical plans and tasks.