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I wish people like this would architectural decision records so people inheriting it later wouldn't be left in the dark by the decisions made in the system

Because sometimes on the outside systems look confusingly written, but it could be a reflection of the scope of confusing business rules to begin with that they had to scope out

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What I propose wherever I go is writing a deprecation plan before production release. It may not be kept up to date over the lifetime but at least a plan for what it would look like to exit to another platform exists documenting assumptions and one way doors, why things were done, and what a replacement would look like and why. I’ve never had great success though, people are too eager to make the next 1.0.

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