Tech Over Chai

Occasional brews of software engineering, TILs, and perspectives on the ever changing tech landscape.

Specs to rule them all?

With LLMs being good enough to generate code, the implementation cost is dropping drastically. And a trident is emerging which can be an attempt to harness how aligned agents are to real intent. Is Spec Driven Development here to stay?

March 26, 2026

The impact of connotations in tech (an Indian pov)

An ecosystem evolves with the meaning and context of the words/conventions used by it's participants. We need shared understanding to have meaningful conversations around topics. The engineering & scientific communities over the world have created common parlance where applicable, where does Indian context fit in?

March 01, 2026

Will AI tools manifest more intent based API?

While LLMs provided a significant leap in capability, how 'agentic' we should be with them has been of significant interest over the last years.

February 16, 2026