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Re:How to write an effective software design document by tra3 on Monday September 14, 2026 @12:02PM (#49699166)
I think it's worth more scrutiny today, rather than less. Your claude code can barf out "a rewrite" but is it any good? So far the answer is "no" (see anthropic's C compiler, or a more recent port of bun).

Software is still the best specification for existing behavior..

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Re:How to write an effective software design document by lopatin on Monday September 14, 2026 @12:13PM (#49699362)
I'm not following because a) The bun rewrite was a success b) the C compiler wasn't a rewrite and c) "Software is still the best specification for existing behavior" seems to imply that rewrites are achievable because we already have a working version that functions as a spec?
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