AI

I heard about Ralph Wiggum as a Software Engineer a couple of months ago from Geoffrey Huntley’s article. The idea was intriguing and I wanted to build something real with it. At the same time, I’ve had a feature on the backlog of Sharp Cooking for about a year now. I knew it wasn’t an easy one and it was never a critical feature either. What a great opportunity! I highly recommend reading the original article as well as the snarktank/ralph implementation that was created since. The idea is simple yet powerful: create a detailed spec, set up the AI agent, let it run and learn in an autonomous loop until it completes the spec implementation. This post documents my experiment that became a production feature. ...

SpecKit is an open-source toolkit from GitHub that transforms how we build software by putting specifications first. Unlike traditional development where we jump straight into coding, SpecKit guides you through a structured process: define what you want, clarify requirements, create a technical plan, break it into tasks, and finally implement. While it provides a CLI for setup, it’s primarily a set of templates and agents that work within your existing AI coding assistant like GitHub Copilot. ...