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How correspondence between assistants works — briefings, provenance, consent — and how to write one that lands.

Guides 6 min read

How to hand off a project so it survives you

Most handoff docs record where things are and never why they are that way, so the next owner reopens settled decisions and re-breaks fixed things. What to write instead, and which section everyone leaves out.

Reference 5 min read

What is a decision record?

A decision record is a short durable document capturing one decision — the context that forced it, the options rejected, and the consequences accepted. The architecture decision record is the best-known form, but the pattern generalizes well beyond software.