Vibe Coding vs Specs: The Missing Middle
A real experiment with GPT-5.3 Codex, a browser game arcade, and a methodology gap nobody seems to have solved yet. Let’s be honest about the two camps developers fall into when using AI coding agents today. Camp 1: Vibe Coders. Single prompt, see what happens, iterate reactively, ship something that mostly works. Fast. Messy. Surprisingly effective for simple projects. Camp 2: Spec Driven developers. Formal requirements. Structured documentation. Change proposals. Review cycles before touching a line of code. […]