== Notes to self ==
Not gold alone brought us hither

Argument against functional spec

A feature is signed off and agreed on. Even if you realize during development that it’s a bad idea, you’re stuck with it. Specs don’t deal with the reality that once you start building something, everything changes.

From [Getting Real](http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch11_Theres_Nothing_Funct ional_about_a_Functional_Spec.php)