acai.sh: A Spec-Driven Development Toolkit for AI-Powered Software Engineering
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Summary
acai.sh is a toolkit for spec-driven development that enables AI agents to understand and implement software requirements through feature specifications rather than prompts. The article presents a documentation index and highlights common developer pain points (missing edge cases, pagination choices, N+1 query problems) that the tool aims to solve by having AI agents that understand specifications deeply.
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You used offset pagination for the table UI. Obviously cursor pagination is a better fit here?
Also, is that an N+1 query? Fetching for every row in the table? Why not do a single round-trip?
The toolkit for spec-driven development. Write feature specs, not prompts. Ship better software with AI agents that understand your requirements.
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