What Dex Horthy thinks about documentation

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Founder of the agent company HumanLayer, author of the 12-factor agents principles, and the engineer who put the name "context engineering" on the practice.

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1. 15 Jul 2026

   Our readingNobody has found keeping specs and code in sync worth the upkeep; the code stays the source of truth.

   Their wordsI don't think anyone found it useful enough to like maintain a system to keep the specs and the code in sync versus just using the code as the source of truth always.

   ↗Context engineering with Dex Horthyyoutube.com 19th of 26 in this recording