Product as Code – YAML-based product management for AI coding workflows
I have worked with AI assistants for a while, and while I am really excited about it, there were times when I felt really frustrated. LLM would end up in a loop with no end. This is when I started experimenting with creating work plans. Initially simple todo list, but it felt like "product vibing", so a bit more sophisticated later on. I started seeing value in it. The one day it hit me. Why not use the same GitOps principles to managing product tickets? I started playing with that and really liked the way it worked. After a chat with a friend of mine, I realised that a standard or a spec…
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I have worked with AI assistants for a while, and while I am really excited about it, there were times when I felt really frustrated. LLM would end up in a loop with no end. This is when I started experimenting with creating work plans. Initially simple todo list, but it felt like "product vibing", so a bit more sophisticated later on. I started seeing value in it. The one day it hit me. Why not use the same GitOps principles to managing product tickets? I started playing with that and really liked the way it worked. After a chat with a friend of mine, I realised that a standard or a spec would be something really useful. You could then create all sort of tooling around this. I took an inspiration from the way kubernetes yaml are used, cause I find it quite neat. You can view examples here: https://spec.productascode.org/draft/#sec-Epic-Example-YAML- Key design decisions so far: 1. YAML over JSON: Human-readable, git-diff friendly, excellent tooling ecosystem 2. Hierarchical structure: Epics → Tickets → Tasks (matches development workflow) 3. Atomic tickets: Each ticket = one branch = one PR (prevents scope creep) 4. ISO 8601 timestamps/durations: Machine-parseable time data If I manage to create an epic with a bunch of tickets in backlog, then my favourite part of work is to tell Claude Code: "Close the current ticket, and start another one". Here is the link to the post which has links to draft spec and GitHub repository. Currently working on v0.1.0 and I would love to hear your thoughts. https://mantcz.com/blog/introducing-product-as-code/
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