AI Tools for Developers Are Not Enough

Why are we putting so much energy into tools for the part of software development that is most likely to be automated? Why are we not building much more AI support for the rest of[...]

BMAD vs. Spec-Driven Development: Why AI Needs Better Specifications

AI is not only accelerating coding. It is shifting the center of gravity in software development. Implementation is becoming easier. Specification is becoming more important.[...]

AI Makes Coding Cheap. Requirements Are Now the Bottleneck

A recent article by Geoffrey Huntley argues that software development is becoming extremely fast and cheap because of AI. That observation is correct. Code that once took days[...]

Use Cases vs User Stories – Same Content, Different Outcome

In many discussions, I hear the statement: “Use Cases and User Stories can contain the same information.” At first glance, this sounds reasonable. Both describe requirements.[...]

Why Self-Contained Systems Are a Perfect Fit for AI-Driven Development

AI is rapidly changing how we build software. Many teams already use AI to generate code, write tests, or analyze changes. Yet, despite all this progress, there is often a feeling[...]

Why System Use Cases Are Perfect in the Age of AI

AI is changing how we build software. Code, tests, and even UI can be generated very fast. This is powerful, but it also exposes a big weakness in many projects. AI does not[...]

Why Most AI Productivity Gains Are Invisible and How AI Unified Process Changes That

AI is everywhere in software development. Many teams already use AI code assistants daily, and the promises are big: faster development, higher productivity, fewer developers[...]

Stop Starting with Code: Start with System Use Cases

When I work with AI Unified Process, the focus is always on system use cases. They are the core artifact that connects requirements, existing systems, and generated[...]

An AI-Ready Architecture for Business Applications

Agentic AI is changing how we build software. AI is no longer just a helper that writes small code snippets. It can reason about requirements, generate larger parts of a system,[...]

Why Vaadin Is Perfect for AI-Driven Development

AI-driven development is changing how we build software. Instead of writing every line of code by hand, developers increasingly use AI tools and agents to generate, test, and even[...]

Spec-Driven Development with AI: A New Approach and a Journey into the Past

The software development world is buzzing about AI-assisted coding. Tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code promise to make us more productive. But most approaches focus on[...]