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CMU seeks devs for AI spec-driven development study

A Carnegie Mellon University researcher is seeking open-source developers for a study on spec-driven development (SDD) practices. Participants will engage in a 45-60 minute Zoom interview to discuss their workflows with AI coding agents like Cursor, focusing on how they use specification files or structured prompts. The study aims to create an open-access taxonomy of SDD methods, with findings shared with interested participants. AI

IMPACT Will contribute to understanding and potentially improving AI coding agent workflows.

RANK_REASON Academic research study seeking participants. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/lost_researcher1 ·

    CMU research study on spec-driven development — looking for open-source devs to interview (45-60 min, Zoom)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey everyone,</p> <p>I'm a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University conducting a research study on how developers are actually using spec-driven development (SDD) in practice — things like writing SPEC.md files, PRDs, or structured natural-langua…