Standards, practices, and defaults

Created at
30 April 2024
Last modified
30 April 2024

I feel like this needs to be a section in my garden. I’ve done this in the past and it feels like there’s just…something here.

Questions to answer

  • How do we do this (meaningfully, inclusively, in a way that engenders enthusiasm?)
  • What do we need?
  • How do we make the hard parts (maintenance, stewardship) easier?
  • How do we stop these crumbling to dust?

External links

Markdown Any Decision Records

A decision record is just that, a record of a decision. Based on Architecture Decision Records, which are specifically to record an import decision w.r.t. architecture of a system.

A decision is, handily, split into the following bits:

  • Name
  • Context and problem statement
  • Considered options
  • Decision outcome
    • Optionally, consequences
  • Pros and cons of the options
  • Optionally, more information