S5E14: Spec Driven Development with Simon Martinelli

About this episode

Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter discuss Spec-Driven Development with guest Simon Martinelli, focusing on the role of AI in coding and the importance of requirements.

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun are joined by Java Champion, Vaadin Champion, and Oracle ACE Pro Simon Martinelli to talk about Spec-Driven Development. With AI reshaping how we write code, Simon makes the case that requirements, not code, should be the single source of truth. We will explore what Spec-Driven Development looks like in practice, how it fits into a Java and Spring workflow, and how teams can use it to move from use case to running code with AI in the loop. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform. Show Notes Simon Martinelli on LinkedIn Simon Martinelli on X Spec-Driven Development: How AI Changed Everything (And Nothing) by Simon Martinelli at Spring I/O 2026

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Vega, DaShaun Carter

Guest: Simon Martinelli

Topics covered

• Spec-Driven Development
• AI in coding
• Java workflow
• Spring ecosystem
• requirements as source of truth

Keywords

• Spec-Driven Development
• AI
• Java
• Spring
• requirements
• coding
• software development

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Organizations: Oracle, Vaadin

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