Getting Started with Architectural Decision Records
summary
Explains a practical ADR workflow: use Olaf Østergaard/Timberman and Michael Nygård templates, store records as Markdown next to code, review via PRs, mark status immutable, and record context, options, tradeoffs and action plan. Shows a real choice to adopt Material Design adoption for a CRM (loses freedom but cuts UI defects and integration effort) and an AI-assisted ADR generator (Gemini produces a draft in ~10 minutes), claiming Google Form via Gemini cuts editorial effort ~20–30% and prevents days of legacy-guessing.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:06What are ADRs
- 15:25Why ADRs are valuable
- 23:51Implementing ADRs effectively
- 32:55Reviewing and refining ADRs
- 36:53AI for ADR creation
- 42:31Conclusion and Q&A
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