AI-Native Methodology 7 April 2026
Spec is the New Code
What is a team worth without trust? I've been asking this for 12 years. I didn't expect AI to be the thing that taught me the answer all over again.
DIRECTOR OF PM & AGILE · 12+ YEARS
Ofer Biran
AI looked at 12 years of my methodology work and said "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?" I took that personally. This is what happened next.
High-performing teams. Project management in the AI era. The spec as the thing you write before anyone writes anything else. Thinking out loud — honestly, with a sample size of one.
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GAME · IN PROGRESS
QuestTogether
A co-op adventure RPG built with my daughter. 13+ sprints using spec-first methodology — every mechanic started as a written intent document before any code was written.
APP · IN PROGRESS
PocketMoney
A bilingual (English/Hebrew) family allowance ledger I'm building for my daughter — to solve a real problem in our home, and to teach her about saving, goals, and how interest works. Built spec-first, like everything else.
RESEARCH · LIVE
Team Performance Index (TPI)
A software implementation of original academic research — a weighted model for measuring what actually separates high-performing teams from average ones. Draws on Edmondson's psychological safety research and Google's Project Aristotle.
TRADING · PAUSED
MyTradeBot (Sentinel)
An algorithmic trading bot. 261 S&P 500 stocks, ML ensemble, 93 features. Built without a proper methodology. The cautionary tale — where the absence of a spec showed its full cost when the system drifted silently from original intent.
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"Spec is the new code. As AI makes execution abundant, specification becomes the bottleneck."