Managing Changes and Spec Evolution
Strategies and techniques for handling updates and changes to specifications over time and aligning them with previously generated and potentially human-modified code. Addresses the ’lifecycle management challenge’. Strategies for uncertainty.
Key Points:
- Identifying and assessing the impact of changes in an updated specification.
- Deciding whether to attempt regenerating the affected code section or manually modifying the existing code.
- Using version control (Git) and diffing tools effectively to understand changes.
- Strategies for merging LLM-generated code updates with existing human-written code, minimizing conflicts.
- Documenting which parts of the codebase originated from LLM generation and which were human-modified.
- Triaging missing information
- Hypothesis-driven prompting
- Annotating assumptions
Assets:
- Flowchart: “Spec Change Handling Workflow with LLMs” (Placeholder for a visual diagram).
- Callout (Inline Note): “Note: Regenerating large sections of code can be faster initially but may lead to more complex merges later.”
- Callout (Inline Tip): “Tip: Use clear commit messages indicating when code was LLM-generated vs. human-written.”
- ⚡ Callout: Risk of hallucinations when specs are weak
- 📄 “Assumption Tracker” Template
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