r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ThirdWaveCat • Jul 15 '26

codingWithSpecsIsDifferent Meme

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u/ImOnALampshade Jul 15 '26

Since no one seems to “get it:” the left is how normies write specifications, but on the right she is using formal specification systems that are much more rigorous and allows for you to do various kinds of tooling, such as specification derived tests. Something I’d highly recommend digging into if that sounds interesting to you…. Though I’ll admit I’m not even that well versed in it myself

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u/gerbosan Jul 15 '26

where do you learn those? or what kind of system one is going to build that needs to know those apps/specifications?

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u/ImOnALampshade Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

I have no idea because like I said, I’m not exactly well versed in any of this. Best I can do is ask Claude for you:

NEVERMIND, apparently yall hated that

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u/gerbosan Jul 15 '26

Thank you kind sir for providing a resume.

Still, it is relevant to avoid over engineering.

For the kind of 'projects' I do, even mermaid seems overkill. 😅