We build the rails, not the train.
Throughspec started from a simple frustration: AI coding tools are astonishing at generating code and terrible at remembering why. The gap between a good idea and shipped software wasn’t capability - it was process. So we built the process, and made it a precondition.
Process is a feature.
The best tooling doesn’t just generate output - it shapes how the work gets done. We treat the workflow itself as the product, and the generated code as a downstream effect of a good process.
Memory is leverage.
A project that remembers its own decisions is exponentially cheaper to extend. We optimize relentlessly for token-lean, append-only memory so the hundredth prompt costs about what the first did.
Determinism over cleverness.
A predictable, boring structure beats a clever, surprising one. We’d rather refuse to proceed than improvise - every gate, every step, every log exists to remove ambiguity.
A short, opinionated history.
Built and maintained by Vishal Patil.
AI engineer and researcher shipping end-to-end AI products from specification through production. Prior work includes VAi, an AI assistant that talks to recruiters on a job seeker’s behalf - it went viral and was featured by CNBC.
Throughspec is the SDLC I wish existed when I started building with Claude Code - spec-driven, drift-proof, token-lean. Open to work across the US & Europe.