- Author
- Not stated in the page text (site metadata names Dorian Taylor)
- Published
- Undated
- Kind
- Personal essay on a design framework, with no tests
- Original
- doriantaylor.com/the-specificity-gradient
- Subject
- Coding with agents
What it is
The essay is on a personal site whose metadata names Dorian Taylor. It explains a framework called the specificity gradient. The text says the author first presented it in a 2021 video.
What it says
- The essay says code has too much detail to hold business decisions.
- The essay proposes six layers, from business ecosystem down to code.
- The essay says coarser layers change more slowly than finer ones.
- The essay says too much value is placed on code. The author guesses a deleted codebase would lose most of the description.
- The essay says the gradient is a structure, not a procedure, and never mentions features.
- The essay envisions an intranet of structured, addressable data in place of documents.
What evidence it gives
The essay offers argument, a pace-layer analogy and a timeline of computing eras. It gives no case study or measurements. The intranet is described as a goal the author works toward.
Interests and limits
The essay closes by inviting readers to discuss applying the idea with the author. The framework is untested in the essay. The page text shows no date, and mentions a 2021 video. It does not discuss AI agents.