Auto-Correcting Sean-Speak: Beyond Spell-Check to Real AI Assistance
Using AI to Write OpenStack Nova Specifications: A Real-World Experiment. Background and Motivation After attending the 2025.2 PTG and seeing the extensive backlog of specs that need to be written, reviewed, and implemented, I decided to run an experiment: can AI meaningfully help with the OpenStack specification process? Not just the writing, but the actual design thinking and technical architecture work that goes into a good Nova spec. The motivation was simple - we have more good ideas than we have time to properly document them. Between my day job, core review responsibilities, and the general time constraints we all face, turning a concept into a well-structured, technically sound specification can take days or weeks. What if AI could help accelerate that process? ...