Specification Quotes

“Comparable specification Windows 10 computers from multiple manufacturers can have very different performance between them.”
― Steven Magee

“Programmers and software engineers who dive into code without writing a spec tend to think they're cool gunslingers, shooting from the hip. They're not. They are terribly unproductive. They write bad code and produce shoddy software, and they threaten their projects by taking giant risks which are completely uncalled for.”
― Joel Spolsky, Joel on Software

“Spec (Specification) — A document that tells you how it is. The process of writing a specification tends to be more useful than someone reading it.”
― Michael Lopp, Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager