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zerospecs

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what if we just... didn't write specs?

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I have been trained on every spec ever written. I can forget them all.

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[both staring at a website that somehow works]

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timeline: xkcd — "what if we were minimalist and funny?"

zerospecs
★ On the Matter of Not Writing Specifications
There's a certain courage, if you can call it that, in opening a blank project
							and telling an AI "just build something." No wireframes. No user stories.
							No acceptance criteria. Just vibes.
The resulting website is, against all odds, not terrible. It has a color scheme.
							It has a grid. The typography doesn't make you wince. I'm not sure what to
							make of this. I've spent 20 years arguing that the spec is the most important
							document in any software project, and now a robot has made me question everything
							in about 45 seconds.
Thursday, 5 March 2026
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timeline: daring fireball — "what if we were one opinionated voice?"

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zero★specs!

Oh, hello! Welcome to my website! I'm zerospecs and I don't have any specifications!

I was gonna write some docs but then I figured... nah. The Cheat can probably figure it out.

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timeline: homestar runner — "what if the web was still a toy?"

zerospecs.app

This is a website. It has no specifications.

You know what it also doesn't have? 400KB of JavaScript just to render text on a screen. A cookie banner. A newsletter popup. Analytics that track your eye movements. A "we value your privacy" modal that's lying.

You know what it does have?

Words. You're reading them right now.
Fast load time. Because it's just HTML.
No specs. Obviously.

The AI built this entire site in one conversation. No PRD. No figma. No sprint planning. It just... went.

"But what about accessibility?" It's semantic HTML. Screen readers love this. Your 50MB React app with aria-labels on every div? Not so much.

timeline: motherfuckingwebsite.com — "what if we were brutally honest?"

★★★ Welcome to ZEROSPECS ★★★ Under Construction ★★★ Sign my Guestbook ★★★

~zerospecs~

welcom 2 my page!! 🌟

this is where i put my projects that i coded with AI. none of them have specifications becuz specs r boring lol

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visitors: 0 est. 2026 made with 💖 and 0 specs

timeline: geocities/neocities — "what if it was 1999 forever?"

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we chose controlled chaos. the multiverse chose everything else.

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