Documentation & ADRs

Documentation & ADRs

We help you capture decisions and rationale in Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and keep documentation aligned with the codebase. This creates a clear history of why the system is built the way it is and makes it easier to onboard people, revisit past choices, and avoid repeating the same discussions.

What We Do

• ADRs — Short, dated records for significant decisions: context, options considered, decision, and consequences. We use a simple format that works in the repo (e.g. markdown under docs/adr/) so they live next to the code and stay findable.
• Living documentation — We prefer documentation that is generated from or tightly coupled to the code (API docs, schema, runbooks) so it does not drift. We keep high-level docs (architecture overview, onboarding) minimal and up to date.
• When to write — We write ADRs when a decision has long-lasting impact or non-obvious trade-offs. We avoid documenting every small choice; the goal is a useful history, not paperwork.

Benefits

• Onboarding — New team members can read ADRs to understand why things are the way they are instead of guessing or re-opening settled debates.
• Revisiting decisions — When context changes, ADRs make it easy to see what was decided and why, so you can change course deliberately.
• Alignment — Shared documentation reduces ambiguity and helps distributed teams stay aligned on architecture and practices.

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