FWIW, writing to a spec -- such as a user manual or a proposal -- if often even worse, so you're clearly not completely off-base.
OTOH, the musical example can go either way -- the spec can be an incentive to actually finish and polish the piece (though the deadline may be stressfull) while the noodling may stay in the "maybe I should write something based on that someday" state until it evaporates.
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OTOH, the musical example can go either way -- the spec can be an incentive to actually finish and polish the piece (though the deadline may be stressfull) while the noodling may stay in the "maybe I should write something based on that someday" state until it evaporates.