Are PRDs dead? My company is piloting a shift from write first to build first with vibe coding for a few teams.

Pros:
faster visuals and clarity

Cons:
design, eng, and data get sidelined
risk of focus on delivery over outcomes

I like fast sprints and early visuals, but docs are still key to set goals and define what to track. WDYT?

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How do they decide what to build? How fast to build it? Who builds it? Maybe get don’t want to wait for a full blown PRD but it sounds like some sorts of discussion, decision, and writing is happening somewhere.

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Vibe coding is for the birds - not at all good for setting expectations as to what the true outcome should be I think PRDs are good in a sense business and engineering get the overall picture and then go from there

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Totally agree, without some form of PRD, it’s hard to align on outcomes.

Yeah I read last week a couple of big companies are dropping PRDs/ product briefs - not sure about it. Writing isn’t just about documentation or the artifact itself - it’s about refining the output needed from the work for a more efficient process, and hopefully, a more effective or optimized solution (by thinking through specs and user needs). Without this at the start, I wonder if you’re really saving time since you may lack clarity on definition of done, decision criteria, decisioning rights, appropriate stakeholder involvement (and at which stage), etc., causing delays to Prod.

If it helps to get started, which is another problem space, then great!, but it’s definitely going to be something to watch.

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