Micromanaged Driven Development

An open-source methodology for building software with AI — while keeping humans in control.

MMDD works by enforcing three constraints

Forcing small, reviewable steps

fewer regressions, easier rollbacks.

Documenting AI interactions

knowledge that lasts, not just ephemeral prompts.

Maintaining control

every change is your decision; AI stays on-script.

Ship faster without chaos

Less costly rework, faster onboarding, maintainable codebases.

Quick Start

# Create a development log
mkdir dev_log && cd dev_log

# Download the MMDD principles
curl -O https://mmdd.dev/00_mmdd.md

# In your GenAI tool, load and follow the MMDD guide
Read dev_log/00_mmdd.md and follow the MMDD principles strictly. Do not generate code until I explicitly ask you to.