The discussion centers on whether AI coding assistants cause cognitive overload and skill atrophy, with some users advocating for manual practice like LeetCode to maintain sharp problem-solving abilities while others argue that the real issue is managing parallel workstreams and context switching. A significant portion of the conversation critically examines the original author's use of AI to write a post about avoiding AI brain fry, highlighting a perceived hypocrisy and criticizing the resulting text style.
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OpenSpec
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OpenSpec
Spec-driven development (SDD) for AI coding assistants.
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Spec-driven development (SDD) for AI coding assistants.
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13 sourcesDAdaitangio·Oct 15, 2026
I prefer https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec because it works also on brown-field.
If you want an unbias-demo, take a look also at
https://github.com/daitangio/take-ai-control/tree/demo/nello...
branch demo/nello-openspec
In Aidlc: Adaptive workflow steering rules for AI coding agentsThis section https://openspec.dev/docs/setup links to "Concepts"
Concepts links here: https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/blob/main/docs-lab/gu...
All the docs here are the templates rather than the actual file (I presume: https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/blob/main/docs/concep...)
Somehow not very confidence inspiring...
In OpenSpec – A lightweight and configurable AI spec frameworkwhat are the fundamental differences between Spec-Driven-Development and OpenSpec (https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec)?
In Show HN: I Made a Claude Skill for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)Yep I agree. I was looking for a getting started like for example here for openspec: https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/blob/main/docs/gettin... but couldn't find anything like that
In Open Design: Use Your Coding Agent as a Design EngineShow HN: OO – Automated O&O Shut-Up for Windows
Why use Windows? Well, some people do. Why let Microsoft spy on your content? Why indeed? So, O&O Shut-Up (https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10) claims to cut the connection and telemetry between you and Microsoft. However, when Microsoft updates your computer, the settings are reset, and you have to run O&O ShutUp again.
Why not run OO which installs PowerShell 7+ if not installed, O&O Shutup, then it makes a scheduled tasks that runs the default settings after every Microsoft update?
Why futz around with re-running anything?
Just run OO once, and forget it.
Please file any bugs if you find them.
This isn't really going anywhere except to help internet users and my clients.
Hope it's helpful
PS - All of it generated with VS Code, Augmentcode AI (https://www.augmentcode.com/), OpenSpec (https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec), and
Read the rest
beads (https://github.com/gastownhall/beads).
Show HN: MTTCleaner – Same as CCleaner but free, no ads
I'm an IT consultant. CCleaner was a good choice to speed up clients' web browsing experience. Unless you paid, it keeps vomiting ads for the product. Which made it a bad choice.
mTTCleaner does most of the same thing to clean most browsers by cleaning caches, compacting databases, and removing unnecessary metrics files.
It can create it's own cron job/scheduled task to run itself every month, if you choose.
It covers 28 browsers on 3 platforms, assuming you have PowerShell 7+.
Please file any bugs if you find them.
This isn't really going anywhere except to help internet users and my clients.
Hope it's helpful
PS - All of it generated with VS Code, Augmentcode AI (https://www.augmentcode.com/), OpenSpec (https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec), and beads (https://github.com/gastownhall/beads).
1 points · Open discussionThis is the second endorsement I've seen today. I gave OpenSpec a shot and was dismayed by the Explore prompt. [1] Over 1,000 words with verbose, repetitive instructions which will lead to context drift. The examples refer to specific tools like SQLite and OAuth. That won't help if your project isn't related to those.
I do like the basic concept and directory structure, but those are easy enough to adopt without all the cruft.
1. https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/blob/main/src/core/te...
In Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev systemOpenSpec: Spec-driven development (SDD) for AI coding assistants
2 points · Open discussionor OpenSpec https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/
I think it's much better
In If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?All sounds like a bespoke way of remaking https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec
In How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and executionOpenSpec stable v1.0 – with dynamic workflows
1 points · Open discussion