Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system (github.com)

Article summary

The article discusses Get Shit Done (GSD), a meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for Claude Code. GSD is a lightweight and powerful system that allows developers to create code quickly and efficiently. The system has been used to write 250K lines of code in less than a month. The project has moved to a new repository called GSD Core in the Open GSD repository.

Main themes

• AI-powered development
• Code quality and security
• Development efficiency
• LLM limitations
• Tooling ecosystem
• Human collaboration vs AI tools

What commenters say

• Using GSD can lead to rapid development of large codebases, but may result in low-quality or untested code.
• Some developers find GSD and similar tools to be overengineered and inefficient, burning through token limits and taking too long to produce results.
• Others argue that these tools are necessary to adapt to the new superpowers provided by LLMs and to prevent devolution from setting in.
• The effectiveness of GSD and similar tools depends on the developer's ability to clearly define what they want to achieve.
• Some developers prefer simpler, more straightforward approaches to coding, such as using Claude skills directly or relying on human collaboration.
• The use of GSD and similar tools raises concerns about code quality, security, and maintainability.
• There is a trade-off between the benefits of using GSD and similar tools, such as rapid development, and the potential drawbacks, such as token burn and inefficiency.