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Built a real offline app from an empty repo with OpenSpec + AI agents. Keeping decisions in specs, not the chat, let me pause, switch models, and stay in control; Including where it fell short.

Developer Shyamala used OpenSpec, a specification-driven development tool, with AI agents to build a real offline app from an empty repository. By keeping decisions in specs rather than chat, they were able to pause, switch models, and maintain control, though the approach had limitations.

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🌱 OpenSpec Is Built for Brownfield. I Used It to Build From Nothing. Shyamala Shyamala Shyamala Follow Aug 2 🌱 OpenSpec Is Built for Brownfield. I Used It to Build From Nothing.

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dev.to — original article Google's Connected Apps Platform: What It Means for the Future of AI-Powered Mobile Apps Auditing My Claude Code Harness: 192 Items, One Report, Two Decisions You Fine Tuned the Model on Your Catalogue and It Only Learned It One Way
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