Chris Bee
@chrisbeecto.bsky.social
Building devplan.com. Former CTO. ex-Zillow/Uber/Amazon. Dad. Dreamer.
AI coding tools are creating more technical debt, not less.
Why? Junior engineers are jumping straight to solutions without proper specs.
Your AI is only as good as your requirements. Garbage in, garbage out.
Why? Junior engineers are jumping straight to solutions without proper specs.
Your AI is only as good as your requirements. Garbage in, garbage out.
December 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
AI coding tools are creating more technical debt, not less.
Why? Junior engineers are jumping straight to solutions without proper specs.
Your AI is only as good as your requirements. Garbage in, garbage out.
Why? Junior engineers are jumping straight to solutions without proper specs.
Your AI is only as good as your requirements. Garbage in, garbage out.
Agile is dead and AI killed it.
Scrum was built for human handoffs and 2-week sprints. AI agents work in 2-hour cycles and don't need standups.
Your 'junior developer' can code for 48 hours straight, but only if you give it the right context and specs upfront.
Scrum was built for human handoffs and 2-week sprints. AI agents work in 2-hour cycles and don't need standups.
Your 'junior developer' can code for 48 hours straight, but only if you give it the right context and specs upfront.
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Agile is dead and AI killed it.
Scrum was built for human handoffs and 2-week sprints. AI agents work in 2-hour cycles and don't need standups.
Your 'junior developer' can code for 48 hours straight, but only if you give it the right context and specs upfront.
Scrum was built for human handoffs and 2-week sprints. AI agents work in 2-hour cycles and don't need standups.
Your 'junior developer' can code for 48 hours straight, but only if you give it the right context and specs upfront.
Software Engineers are transitioning into Product Engineers.
If you know how to use AI tools, coding has become more straightforward than ever. The real challenge now lies not in execution but in design and architecture choices.
If you know how to use AI tools, coding has become more straightforward than ever. The real challenge now lies not in execution but in design and architecture choices.
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Software Engineers are transitioning into Product Engineers.
If you know how to use AI tools, coding has become more straightforward than ever. The real challenge now lies not in execution but in design and architecture choices.
If you know how to use AI tools, coding has become more straightforward than ever. The real challenge now lies not in execution but in design and architecture choices.
Clear ownership is so important for teams, even when you are tiny. Simply identifying who owns a given decision can speed up cycle time tremendously.
December 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Clear ownership is so important for teams, even when you are tiny. Simply identifying who owns a given decision can speed up cycle time tremendously.
The future engineer doesn’t type syntax all day.
They design the constraints and make the decisions agents use to operate.
Clear specs → better AI output → fewer rewrites → faster shipping.
This shift is already happening. We’re just making it practical with devplan.com.
They design the constraints and make the decisions agents use to operate.
Clear specs → better AI output → fewer rewrites → faster shipping.
This shift is already happening. We’re just making it practical with devplan.com.
Devplan
Next generation product development planning.
www.devplan.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The future engineer doesn’t type syntax all day.
They design the constraints and make the decisions agents use to operate.
Clear specs → better AI output → fewer rewrites → faster shipping.
This shift is already happening. We’re just making it practical with devplan.com.
They design the constraints and make the decisions agents use to operate.
Clear specs → better AI output → fewer rewrites → faster shipping.
This shift is already happening. We’re just making it practical with devplan.com.
"You're absolutely right!"
-- words you never want to hear from your AI coding agent.
-- words you never want to hear from your AI coding agent.
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"You're absolutely right!"
-- words you never want to hear from your AI coding agent.
-- words you never want to hear from your AI coding agent.
Spec-Driven Development is what allows agents to write most of the code and still keeping you in control.
With SDD, engineers stop typing syntax and instead design the specs that agents execute.
Here's The Spec-Driven Engineering Loop
With SDD, engineers stop typing syntax and instead design the specs that agents execute.
Here's The Spec-Driven Engineering Loop
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Spec-Driven Development is what allows agents to write most of the code and still keeping you in control.
With SDD, engineers stop typing syntax and instead design the specs that agents execute.
Here's The Spec-Driven Engineering Loop
With SDD, engineers stop typing syntax and instead design the specs that agents execute.
Here's The Spec-Driven Engineering Loop
Vibe designing in Figma Make is a blast knowing that you don't have to care about the code it's generating.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Vibe designing in Figma Make is a blast knowing that you don't have to care about the code it's generating.
The best engineers don’t just build features.
They define them.
They define them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The best engineers don’t just build features.
They define them.
They define them.
The next big companies won’t be led by programmers.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The next big companies won’t be led by programmers.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
Engineers aren't going anywhere.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Engineers aren't going anywhere.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
If your only moat is speed, you aren't building something durable.
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If your only moat is speed, you aren't building something durable.
Vibe coding has mostly replaced no-code tools.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Vibe coding has mostly replaced no-code tools.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
Use AI as much as you want, but you own whatever it creates. You are the author, AI is the assistant.
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Use AI as much as you want, but you own whatever it creates. You are the author, AI is the assistant.
If you’re entire job is sending emails and going to meetings you are ngmi.
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If you’re entire job is sending emails and going to meetings you are ngmi.
Everyone’s chasing the next breakthrough in AI capabilities.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
October 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Everyone’s chasing the next breakthrough in AI capabilities.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
AI reflects your input. Feed it vague input, and expect refined chaos in return. Let's focus on clearer thinking, not better models.
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
AI reflects your input. Feed it vague input, and expect refined chaos in return. Let's focus on clearer thinking, not better models.
Let's normalize finding time for family and hobbies and still being a startup founder. Life is for living.
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Let's normalize finding time for family and hobbies and still being a startup founder. Life is for living.
When using an AI tool, people will generally wait up to 5 seconds for results without switching to another task. Anything longer belongs in the background. Respect the difference and present your UX accordingly. #buildinpublic
October 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
When using an AI tool, people will generally wait up to 5 seconds for results without switching to another task. Anything longer belongs in the background. Respect the difference and present your UX accordingly. #buildinpublic
Foundational models will handle 80% of the work. The last 20%, the domain-specific specialization, is where trust and defensibility live. That’s where startups win.
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Foundational models will handle 80% of the work. The last 20%, the domain-specific specialization, is where trust and defensibility live. That’s where startups win.
AI isn’t here to take your job. It’s here to free you from trading hours for dollars. Abundance is possible, if you’re willing to lean in.
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
AI isn’t here to take your job. It’s here to free you from trading hours for dollars. Abundance is possible, if you’re willing to lean in.
Forward deployed engineers aren’t just the future, they’re already here.
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
Devplan
Next generation product development planning.
www.devplan.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Forward deployed engineers aren’t just the future, they’re already here.
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
I think forward deployed engineers are going to be more and more common.
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I think forward deployed engineers are going to be more and more common.
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
Day 1: I'll just use ChatGPT for this PRD.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Day 1: I'll just use ChatGPT for this PRD.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
ChatGPT is great for quick PRDs & brainstorming
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.
Devplan
Next generation product development planning.
www.devplan.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ChatGPT is great for quick PRDs & brainstorming
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.