Long-form from inside the studio: how we investigate a problem, design the system, and reach the technical decisions behind it. Written for founders and technical leads working out whether we are the right team for their project.
Six months of shipping with OpenSpec as the operating layer: what the propose–apply–archive loop looks like when it runs on real products, what breaks, and what becomes invisible.
Both OpenSpec and Spec Kit promise discipline over AI agents. One costs 2.4× more per feature, fails silently on brownfields, and loses its own constitution mid-execution. The data comparison — numbers, failure modes, and an honest health verdict.
The studio's typographic emphasis idiom — lighter, not heavier — shipped in five places before it had a name. This is the pattern, the four recipes, the accessibility posture, and why naming it was worth the ceremony.