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chrisrickard

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About chrisrickard

Better software specs == better software. Founder and CEO of http://userdoc.fyi

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48746123

    Of course it’s an Australian spider

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    Comment #48194196

    Cursor 3 is a full rewrite. No VS Code

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    Comment #48194146

    I’ve found it interesting too. It’s like I spent 20 years mastering painting in watercolour… nerding out on other painters, canvas options, even the backstory on some guy that make…

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    Comment #48137386

    … i’m still seeing a therapist about this time period.

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    Comment #47606211

    Thank you, a refreshingly interesting read

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    Comment #46884688

    I have read all your yearly reviews and you’ve been an inspiration Michael. Keep it up, and I’m glad your 8th year was your happiest yet!

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    Comment #46884566

    Skills are chainable e.g. skill A can invoke skill B and then decide to invoke skill C etc… I don’t believe your slash commands can do this?

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    Comment #46849839

    Very cool, I didn’t realise the web audio API was so extensive these days

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    Comment #46631643

    I did this recently. Created a Skill that had access to executing very specific ific (reviewed) script for DB interaction, that connects to your a replica/anonymised DB, read only …

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    Comment #46494284

    Really fun idea treating an album like a dependency!

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    Comment #46425701

    Also, probably a good way to give LLMs more context compared to “div soup”

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    Comment #46364325

    Amazing achievement guys, seriously impressive. Now onwards and upwards!

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    Comment #46360851

    very cool concept. and great tracks. congrats on shipping!

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    Comment #46072075

    Another 15-yearer here too! Thank you HN, and for all the work you do @dang and @tomhow

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    Comment #46033770

    Because the ridiculous scope creep perhaps? And spending $96M of government money on an website (still with large faults that were backed out) This was Accenture and Deloitte - not…

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    Comment #45568539

    I’m working on Userdoc, a spec-driven development workspace. Break down your software requirements (Userdoc guides you through the process), refine/confirm, setup your technical sp…

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    Comment #45515334

    Your second point “planning in advance” could be referred to as spec-driven development… it’s a funny term in a sense (didn’t we always do that?), but I think your 7th point drives…

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    Comment #45412934

    This is why AI development will be huge in the “Buy vs Build” space… Businesses (with a capable tech team)can build the 20% of the SaaS they need, and stop paying for the 80% every…

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    Comment #45295127

    We are tackling this at https://userdoc.fyi - we help you build your specs (epics, stories, acceptance criteria, tech notes, test cases, etc) - then you can generate what we call D…

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    Comment #44249056

    Tools like Userdoc ( https://userdoc.fyi ) help in a few ways, you can easily create requirements (stories, personas, journeys, test cases), but also reverse engineer existing sour…

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    Comment #43864113

    Vibe coding in the traditional sense (coined by Karpathy back in Feb): 20% Vibe coding using detailed, structured requirements (from tools like Userdoc): 65%

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    Comment #43742193

    Userdoc is primarily around building and maintaining software requirements, so we don't do competitor research, or watch market trends etc. But we can import any info you already h…

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    Comment #43729085

    The AI coding wars heat up…

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    Comment #43728826

    I think at a high level you’re correct. But no matter how much “vibe” is in the code, businesses still need to create, validate, review, and approve software requirements. This is …