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Many developers report that Spec-Driven Development (SDD) tools like AWS Kiro and Google Antigravity have fundamentally shifted the engineering landscape, enabling individuals to achieve "20x" productivity by replacing multi-person planning phases with structured, agent-led workflows. The consensus emphasizes that the most effective approach involves treating implementation plans as iterative "living documents," where developers use specialized skills and visual annotations to refine requirements before allowing an LLM to execute code. While some debate whether these methods are truly novel, proponents argue that formalizing the research-plan-implement cycle through frameworks like OpenSpec and SpecKit provides essential guardrails that prevent AI drift and maintain architectural integrity. This transition is met with both excitement for newfound technical "superpowers" and a sobering acknowledgment that the ability to do more with less is rapidly redefining team sizes and hiring needs across the industry.