Spec-Driven AI Development

From Intent to Trusted Code

Coding agents move fast. Make sure their code can stand up to scrutiny. This collection of three carefully selected books takes you from clearer instructions and stronger specifications to risk-focused testing and rigorous code evaluation. You’ll learn how to keep agents on track, catch problems sooner, and replace guesswork with credible evidence—all while preparing for more advanced work in agent-assisted development. Buy two or more books and get 50% off!

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Vibe Engineering
Vibe Engineering lays out a provider-agnostic framework that’s focused on small, easily comprehensible code increments. Fully illustrated with real-world scenarios, it explores industry use cases, from modernizing a legacy codebase to implementing Continuous AI Development. You’ll learn how to keep the benefits of speed and efficiency AI-assisted coding can deliver without sacrificing accuracy, maintainability, or trust.
Build High Value Software Systems
It’s never been easier to generate high-quality code quickly. Most delay, waste, and fragility in software development persists because end-to-end delivery systems are burdened with unnecessary steps, complex infrastructure, and needless ceremony. Build High Value Software Systems introduces an AI-aware systems thinking approach adapted for the modern software development lifecycle, targeting the bottlenecks where high-value improvements live.
Spec-Driven Development
For AI coding agents, accurately specifying your intent is the whole ballgame! Spec-Driven Development: Engineering with intent teaches you how to close the gap between what you mean and what your agents actually build. In this practical, tool-agnostic playbook, author Hari Krishnan shows you how to make your intent clear through structured specifications and then make those specs the primary control surface for your projects, rather than the code itself.

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