"Microsoft and GitHub have made AI assistance a key part of their software development tools. Embedded in the latest Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code releases, GitHub Copilot puts a multifaceted pair programmer-combining AI-powered code completion, coding agents, and various Model Context Protocol servers-right inside your editor. The resulting tool kit is especially useful as part of a well-designed application development life cycle. Outside of good software engineering practices, however, it's easy to let vibe coding run away with itself, adding features that aren't needed and making code overly complex."
"Introducing Spec Kit GitHub recently announced a new approach to AI-assisted application development, one that aims to implement more than simple coding tools. It starts with a set of design principles and walks you through much of the software development process. With it, you can go from a basic specification to a working prototype-with dependencies installed and running-in an afternoon."
""The issue isn't the coding agent's coding ability, but our approach. We treat coding agents like search engines when we should be treating them more like literal-minded pair programmers.""
GitHub and Microsoft integrate AI assistance into Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code via GitHub Copilot, combining AI code completion, coding agents, and Model Context Protocol servers in editors. AI-powered "vibe coding" can add unneeded features and create overly complex code without disciplined practices. Spec Kit applies spec-driven development using a set of design principles and guided development steps. The open-source Spec Kit integrates with AI coding assistants and agent frameworks to provide a command-line development environment. Spec Kit enables teams to turn a basic specification into a running prototype with dependencies installed in an afternoon. The approach aims to yield coherent end-to-end solutions instead of disconnected code fragments.
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