Coffee With Developers • Apr 29, 2025

The Power of Prompting with AI Native Development - Simon Maple

Simon Maple

Simon Maple warns that using AI to patch codebases accelerates system degradation. Stop treating source code as your single truth. Embrace spec-centric development where code becomes completely disposable.

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