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Decision Records
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Lightweight Architecture Decision Records
Peter Evans' lightweight ADR repo is a minimal five-section template for capturing architecture decisions in plain markdown files stored alongside code. The approach lowers the adoption barrier enough that even skeptical teams can accept the overhead, keeping decisions documented at the moment they're made.
Architectural Decision Records (ADRs)
The ADR (Architectural Decision Records) site is the canonical resource for documenting significant design choices alongside their context and rationale. It matters because decision records address the institutional memory problem in software teams—why something was built a certain way is often lost over time, leaving future developers unable to distinguish intentional choices from accidents.