The return of tech specs – Frontend Masters Blog

September 15, 2025

Close-up of an architectural floor plan drawing with a mechanical pencil and a metal ruler placed on top, showing detailed measurements and room layouts.

I’m confident that going forward, software engineers will need to relearn how to create detailed tech specs for complex changes. It’s also likely that AI will help write and review these specs before implementing them. It’s time to embrace tech specs again because they can be a key to advancing your career.

Source: The return of tech specs – Frontend Masters Blog

It turns out that writing technical specifications may ultimately be the way in which we work with our AI agents most effectively in their role as software developers.