“Spec (Specification) — A document that tells you how it is. The process of writing a specification tends to be more useful than someone reading it.” ProcessReadWriteDocumentSpecification Book:Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager Source: Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
“Comparable specification Windows 10 computers from multiple manufacturers can have very different performance between them.” DifferentMultiplePerformanceComputersVeryThemWindowsBetween10ComparableManufacturersSpecification Author:Steven Magee
“Programmers and software engineers who dive into code without writing a spec tend to think they're cool gunslingers, shooting from the hip. They're not. They are terribly unproductive. They write bad code and produce shoddy software, and they threaten their projects by taking giant risks which are completely uncalled for.” CodeSoftwareDevelopersSpecification Book:Joel on Software Source: Joel on Software