SMRTR ProgrammingJan 21, 2026HackerNoon

The Design Documentation No One Asks For (But Everyone Needs)

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Teams document what and how they build but rarely capture why decisions were made. Simple decision records preserving problems, options, and tradeoffs prevent future teams from costly rediscovery of lost context.

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