Set K · 5 sheets
Decision records, how I draw, how I read documentation, and how to say no with a pen.
K-01 Craft & Judgment
One decision, one page, in the repository next to the code. In a multi-tenant web application every decision is inherited by every tenant, so the page matters more than it looks.
Drawn Sep 2011·Revised Mar 2025·6 min
K-02 Craft & Judgment
Pen first, then SVG, then code. One drawing per question, a verb on every arrow, and a new sheet rather than an edited one when the system changes.
Drawn Jun 2010·Revised Jun 2026·6 min
K-03 Craft & Judgment
The Architecture Center, the product docs and the Well-Architected Framework answer three different questions. Read the limits page first, check the date, and go to the samples repo when the words stop making sense.
Drawn Sep 2020·Revised Oct 2025·6 min
K-04 Craft & Judgment
A report across sister companies, a user shared between tenants. Each sounds small, and each turns the tenant boundary into a suggestion. Say no with a drawing, and bring the alternative on the same sheet.
Drawn Jun 2024·Revised Feb 2026·6 min
K-05 Craft & Judgment
From ASP.NET MVC 2 and Entity Framework 4 to .NET 10. Hosting, configuration, resilience and telemetry became somebody else's problem. Tenancy, migrations, cost, saying no and naming things are still mine.
Drawn Oct 2024·Revised Aug 2026·7 min