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Software teams discover requirement gaps too late

Developers and engineering teams describe planning and reviewing requirements as a way to avoid rework, conflicting expectations, and last-minute fixes. The pain spans AI-generated user stories, stakeholder alignment, and technical planning before implementation. But doing that upfront can feel tedious, so people either create ad hoc review processes or skip thorough planning.

For software developers and engineering teams. Mentioned from Jul 2024 to Dec 2025 on Hacker News.

4 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.

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  1. We are now writing AI review process for our user stories to counter the AI generation of the product team
    daheza on Hacker NewsDec 2025Has a workaround
  2. Not to mention the gap that always happens between the engineers (who build and do the work) and the clients or stakeholders (who require the work), which always ends up with last-minute changes and fixes before the demo
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