SIGNAL//SYNTH
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Spec-driven development: The AI engineering workflow at Notion | Ryan Nystrom

aired May 11, 2026 · 47.0m
Signal
84.5/ 100
High signal
confidence 0.99
Orig55.9
Actn100.0
Dens100.0
Dpth100.0
Clty61.5
Summary

One line that I've been putting in my prompts lately is, I literally don't know what I'm doing here. You gotta explain it like I'm a five-year-old.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, it's, know, including: You gotta explain it like I'm a five-year-old.

Key takeaways
  1. 01One line that I've been putting in my prompts lately is, I literally don't know what I'm doing here
  2. 02I then opened up Codex again, pointed it at this spec file, and I said, build it
  3. 03Your AI, your agent is never going to complain when you ask it to do this five minutes before the meeting starts
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