How Does AI Code Drift From Your Requirements? | Specification Misalignment

Every builder has had the experience of asking for a change, getting working code back, and slowly realizing months later that the system no longer matches what they thought they built. The gap did not open in one bad prompt, it opened across fifty reasonable ones, each of which was locally correct and none of which was told what the system was supposed to be. This episode is about specification drift, the slow divergence between the architecture in your head and the architecture in the repo, and why AI assistance accelerates it rather than causing it. Produced by VoxCrea.AIThis episode is part of an ongoing series on governing AI-assisted coding using Claude Code.👉 Each episode has a companion article — breaking down the key ideas in a clearer, more structured way. If you want to go deeper (and actually apply this), read today’s article here: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 At aijoe.ai, we build AI-powered systems like the ones discussed in this series. If you’re ready to turn an idea into a working application, we’d be glad to help.