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Brendan Cody-Kenny, Technical Due Diligence for Software M&A

2026-07-06 · update

Spec-driven development is waterfall. Wiggum loops sound like an automated spiral model mixed with generate-and-test from search-based software engineering.
Vibe coding is rapid prototyping, and prototypes get thrown away before production.
Harness engineering is CI/CD, tests and the automation good software always needed.