Sida loo yaqaan "Technical Specs That Actually Ship"

Ma rabtaa in aad u aragto, sidoo kale waxaa laga yaabaa in aad u aragto mid ka mid ah macluumaadka adeegga ah oo ka mid ah 2am, si ay u caawinaysaa in ay ka mid ah ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah. Sida loo isticmaali karaa, waxaa loo isticmaali karaa mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ah mid Marka aad u baahan tahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay. Sida loo yaqaan Tech Specs? Waayo, dhismaha dhismaha ku saabsan dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha Sida loo isticmaali karaa, macluumaadka adeegga loo isticmaali karaa: Waqtiga dhismaha ka dib markii aad u dhismaha soo saarka - Waxaan u dhismaha dhismaha badan oo ka mid ah faahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfaahfa Waayo, waxaa laga yaabaa in ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ah mid Ma rabtaa in ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. — Onboarding new engineers becomes instead of Share knowledge with your team "read this spec" "let me explain this architecture for the third time this week." Shuruudaha wax soo saarka ah oo ka mid ah shuruudaha wax soo saarka ah oo ka mid ah shuruudaha wax soo saarka ah oo ka mid ah shuruudaha wax soo saarka. Waxaa la isticmaali karaa si ay u isticmaali karaa in ay u isticmaali karaa in ay u isticmaali karaa in ay isticmaali karaa in ay isticmaali karaa in ay isticmaali karaa. Shuruudaha Spec-Driven iyo LLMs LLMs waxay ka caawinayaa sida aan ku raaxay in ay ku saabsan macluumaadka technology ah. LLM waa ugu fiican si ay u shaqeeyaan, macluumaadka adeegga tehnika ah. Waxaa kale oo ka mid ah aad u soo dejisan in ay u furan, sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale. Waxaan ka soo xiriir in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Markaas ka mid ah in aad u dhigi karaa LLM, dhismaha loo yaqaan 'spec rigorous' waxay ku salaysan. Anatomy of a Good Technical Proposal (Part 1) A good technical spec is well-structured, easy to understand, and actionable. It should be skimmable for executives and detailed enough for the engineer implementing it. That's a narrow tightrope to walk, but I've found a pattern that works. Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa laga yaabaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa. Ma rabtaa in aad u baahan yahay? Waayo, waxaa lagu soo bandhigi karaa in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Markaas ka mid ah wax ka mid ah wax ka mid ah wax ka mid ah. "We should build a microservice with GraphQL" Waxaad ka soo xiriir in la soo xiriir oo ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Teknoolaha kale oo loo isticmaali karaa: : Not but Use concrete examples "users experience latency" "users wait an average of 8 seconds for their transaction history to load, and we're seeing 23% drop-off at this screen." Waayo, "Haddii ay ku yaalaa £2.3M oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah shuruudaha la dhiso" waa in ka badan in ay ku yaalaa in ay "hoos waa la mid ah." Markaad ka mid ah wax soo saarka ama data: If you have user research, customer complaints, or monitoring data, drop it in. Ma rabtaa in aad u baahan yahay? Waxaad ka mid ah ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Waayo, sidoo kale, waxaa laga yaabaa in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ah. product team that depends on this shared library? They're all blocked on the same changes. What started as a just turned into a six-month migration effort that's holding up feature work across the entire organisation. Muuqaalka “Coolka ugu fiican ee loo isticmaalo” Xafiiska section could have caught this early. It gives you permission to say no. It keeps the culture of Waxaad ka mid ah ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. “Waayo, waxaan ka soo dejisan” “Why-notism” oo ka mid ah Markaas ka mid ah wax soo saarka ah waxaa loo isticmaali karaa? Waxaad ka mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Waayo, waxaa loo yaabaa in la soo xiriir: Sida loo isticmaali karaa, waxaa loo isticmaali karaa in ka badan? : Revenue, retention, conversion, operational costs? Impact on business Shirkadda: Is this technology debt that is slowing down every other project? Shirkadda oo ku yaalaa si ay u qiyaastiiyaan, ama si ay u qiyaastii karaa in ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid ka mid? I am a big believer in showing your work here. Do not just say Show the math. We once based a proposal to change the text on a button on an experiment that proved a 23% uptick in conversion, which translated to +£12k ARR. That's a much easier sell than “Waqtiisa waa mid ah.” "this button copy could be better." Why now? Waayo, waxaan ka mid ahaysaa in ay ka mid ah in ay ka mid ah in ay ka mid ah in ay ka mid ah in ay ka mid ah in ay ka mid ah in la mid ah. Sidee waa mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Qalabka dhismaha: Qalabka dhismaha, Qalabka dhismaha dhismaha Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka : Are there other projects that need to ship first? Dependencies : Sometimes, there's a narrow window when solving something is easier than it'll ever be again. Opportunity windows Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa loo yaabaa in ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid Haddii aad u sameeyey in March ama November, sidoo kale aad u isticmaali karaa in ka mid ah macluumaadka iyo macluumaadka. Requirements Ma rabtaa in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Waayo, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee, ma ahaatee. Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka "Historic transactions must load in less than 2 seconds at p95" "Solvee waa in la shaqeeyaan for users on iOS 14 iyo ka badan" "Dadaanka waxay ku salaysan codsado iyo in transit" "Ma rabtaa in ka mid ah macaamiisha si ay u adeegsaday" Waayo, waxaa laga yaabaa in ay ka mid ah wax soo saarka ah oo ka mid ah wax soo saarka. Marka are useless. Pin them down. "must be fast" “Saxariis ah” Sida loo yaqaan "bird's eye of the solution" This is where most people screw up. They immediately dive into implementation details — which database, which API, which service mesh. Stop. Not yet. The bird's eye view should be understandable by non-technical stakeholders. I'm talking product managers, operations folks, maybe even finance. If you can't explain your solution to someone who doesn't know what Kubernetes is, you don't understand it well enough yourself. Qalabka badan oo ku saabsan this section: Haku: Haku: Haku: Haku: Haku: Haku say No tech talk. "We will deploy a new microservice with a Redis cache and expose it via GraphQL." "we'll store frequently-accessed data closer to the user so it loads instantly instead of making a slow trip to the database every time." Sidee waxaa laga yaabaa in ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Think user-centric. Xafiiska iyo ka dibna soo dejisan in ka mid ah in aad u sameeyaan. Anchor on outcomes, work backwards. "gaasadda isticmaalka waa in la soo baxsanay warshadaha transactions in less than 1 second" Sometimes there are genuinely different approaches. Lay out two or three options with pros and cons. This shows you've thought it through and gives stakeholders a real choice. If possible, offer multiple potential solutions. Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa loo yaabaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa: [ ]Dhammaan dhismaha waa qiyaasta iyo dhismaha Business impact is quantified [ ] [ ]Waa'iidaha non-wa'idaha waxaa ku yaalaa in la xiriira [ ]Qalabka waa testable [ ]High-level solving waa in ay ku saabsan non-engineer [ ]I am confident this is worth doing Waxaad ka mid ah ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Buy-in iyo Shirkadda Waxaad ka mid ah wax soo saarka waa in la soo saarka feedback ka mid ah macluumaadka ugu weyn. Waxaa laga yaabaa in ay ka mid ah macluumaadka iyo macluumaadka. Some hard-won tips for a successful pitch: Waxaan ku dhigi karaa Notion oo ka mid ah comments iyo collaboration real-time, laakiin Google Docs waxaa loo isticmaali karaa oo dhan. Waxaan ka mid ah ka mid ah mid ka mid ah macluumaad ah oo loo isticmaali karaa Figma oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah oo ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Use a platform that makes collaboration easy. Ma rabtaa in aad u baahan tahay si ay u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay. Illustrate your points. Waayo, waxa uu ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ah Getting feedback should be your main objective. Ma rabtaa in la soo xiriir sida Marka aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay. Guide your contributors. “Ma ahaatee, waxaan ka heli doontaa in la soo xiriir, Waxaa kale oo ku saabsan Ma rabtaa in la xiriira.Coolaha ugu fiican waa in la xiriira. is a lot more compelling than Be ready to defend your value proposition. “Ma rabtaa injiilada ah?” "This can lead to a 27% reduction in database hosting costs, resulting in annual savings of £1.5M" “Saacadda waxaa loo isticmaali karaa in ay u isticmaali karaa in ay u isticmaali karaa in ay u isticmaali karaa. Sida loo isticmaali karaa (Part 2) Ma rabtaa macluumaadka technology sida dhismaha solo? Write it alone, share it for review, get a few comments, ship it? The best technical specifications are the result of strong collaboration. You write the first draft, sure. But then you invite smart people to make it better. You incorporate their feedback. You adjust based on what you learn. The spec evolves. Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa laga yaabaa in ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Best practices and company standards Sida loo isticmaali karaa React iyo Next.js for web frontends, spec aad u isticmaali karaa React iyo Next.js. If your company has a standard CI/CD pipeline, use that. Waxaad ka mid ah ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Marka aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan yahay. Waayo, waxa uu ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. : Have we used similar approaches in different contexts? Prior art from adjacent domains : Don't just say Show where the current approach fails. Clear reasoning for why the current approach doesn't work "this is better." Sida loo yaqaan "Migration Path: How do we get from here to there without breaking everything"? Waayo, waxaan ka soo bandhigaan shirkadda oo loo yaqaan "UI library" oo loo yaqaan "UI library" oo loo yaqaan "Ant Design" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in Design" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in Design" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in Design" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in Design" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in Design" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in Design" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in" oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in" iyo "Drop-in" (Drop-in) oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in" (Drop-in) oo loo yaqaan "Drop-in" (Drop-in) iyo "Drop-in" (Drop-in). Qalabka ugu horeysay iyo alternatives considered Is there something similar that already exists? Have you implemented features with similar attributes in the past? All of this is worth mentioning. Shuruudaha ugu fiican: sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale sidoo kale. Attach it to the knowledge base related to the solution you found. It helps the maintainers understand who their stakeholders are and why people need this. If they want to sunset, transfer ownership, or refactor their software, they'll know who to talk to. If this happens, don't throw away your spec. Waxaan u isticmaali karaa Statsig si ay u shaqeeyaan macluumaadka, laakiin waxaan ka heli karaa SDK-ka ugu horeysay in ay loo isticmaali karaa macluumaadka ah. Implementation our waxay ku salaysan in ay ku salaysan macluumaadka caadiga ah, oo ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa macluumaadka caadiga ah. Waxaan ku yaalaa in ay ku helo in ay soo saarka this feature - in aad u baahan tahay in ay ku dhiso in ay ku yaalaa in ka mid ah macluumaadka caadiga ah. Ka dibna waxaan ka heli karaa adeegga, adeegga caadiga ah oo ku yaabaa in ay ku yaabaa in ay ku habboonay in ka mid ah isticmaalka caadiga ah. What other approaches did you evaluate? Why didn't they make the cut? 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Approach Pros Cons Why we rejected it Use existing service X Fast, proven Doesn't support feature Y Missing critical functionality Build custom solution Perfect fit High maintenance cost Not worth the ongoing burden Third-party API Easy integration Vendor lock-in, high cost £250K annually vs £30K to build Use existing service X Qalabka, Qalabka Ma ahaatee, waxaa loo isticmaali karaa in ay ka mid ah wax soo saarka. Missing critical functionality Shirkadda Solution adeegyada perfect Qalabka Qalabka Waxaa laga yaabaa in la yaab leh Third-party API Qalabka Integration Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka £250K annually vs £30K to build Haku Technical Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa loo yaabaa in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Architecture diagrams, sequence diagrams, data flow diagrams. I recommend (now ) sida waa free iyo waxay ka mid ah macluumaadka collaboration. wadada waa in ka mid ah no live sharing sida Figma, sidaas aad u baahan tahay si ay u iibsado image. Use diagrams. Haku.ee diagrams.net For sequence diagrams, I like Mermaid because you can write them in markdown and they render automatically in most tools. Here's a simple example: sequenceDiagram User->>API: Request transaction history API->>Cache: Check cache Cache-->>API: Cache miss API->>Database: Query transactions Database-->>API: Return results API->>Cache: Store in cache API-->>User: Return results Waayo, waxaan ku yidhi Haku Explain the "why" behind technical decisions, not just the "what." "We will use Redis for caching" "we'll use Redis for caching because our access patterns are heavily read-biased (95% reads vs 5% writes) and we need sub-millisecond latency. We considered Memcached but chose Redis because we need data structures like sorted sets for timeline features." Waayo, waxa uu ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa. Waxaad ka mid ka mid ah in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Call out performance characteristics and scalability limits. "This approach works up to about 100,000 requests per second. Beyond that, we'll need to shard." Show what the data looks like. Show what the API requests and responses look like. I usually include JSON examples: Mention data models, API contracts, key interfaces. { "transaction_id": "tx_123", "amount": 1250, "currency": "GBP", "timestamp": "2025-01-15T14:30:00Z", "category": "groceries" } Qalabka dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha iyo dhismaha. A benefit of embedding models in a transferrable format, like JSON is that this can then be copy/pasted into a test or mock service later on. Saves some time and cuts down on ambiguity. If this requires spinning up new services, databases, or third-party integrations, call it out. These often have cost implications and procurement delays. Highlight any new infrastructure or services needed. Qalabka Qalabka Qalabka How do you decompose this solution into milestones and tasks that can be tracked? This is project management, but it's your job to provide the structure. I am a big fan of the MVP → MLP → Full Product progression: Split into phases that deliver incremental value. MVP (Minimum Viable Product): Waqtiga ugu badan oo ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa si ay u isticmaali karaa. : The smallest version that's actually good enough for real users to use and enjoy. MLP (Minimum Lovable Product) Qalabka: All the bells and whistles. Don't try to ship everything at once. This is tough to admit, but in many cases, we ended up keeping the MLP as the end-result, because it was . “Waaq oo dhan” Sida loo isticmaali karaa, waxaa loo isticmaali karaa mid ka mid ah macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka macluumaadka. Identify critical path items vs nice-to-haves. Ma rabtaa in ay u shaqeeyaan mid ka mid ah timaha backend iyo frontend? ama waxaa laga yaabaa in ay ka mid ah shuruudaha ugu horeysay? Call out what can be parallelised vs must be sequential. Waxa uu ka soo xiriir in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay. Assign rough t-shirt sizes or story points if your team uses them. Use a simple dependency graph or just list them: Make dependencies between tasks explicit. "Task B waa ka mid ah Task A waxaa la aasaasay. Task C waxaa laga yaabaa sida Task B." Success metrics How will you measure if the implementation actually worked? What are the KPIs? Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa loo isticmaali karaa in ay ka mid ah wax soo saarka ah oo ka mid ah wax soo saarka ah. Waxaa laga yaqaan “Success Metric”. Waxaa ku saabsan metric success. "Make it faster" "Reddit API p95 ka mid ah 500ms ka mid ah 200ms" Examples: Define measurable outcomes. Latency reduction: "p95 latency drops from 800ms to 200ms" Error rate decrease: "5xx errors drop from 0.3% to below 0.1%" Conversion improvement: "checkout completion rate increases from 73% to 80%" Qalabka dhismaha: "Qalabka dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha ka badan £ 40K" Waxaad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay. Set baseline metrics before implementation. Will you build a dashboard? Set up alerts? Run an A/B test? Be explicit about measurement methodology. Specify how you'll track these metrics. Product managers care about revenue and engagement. Engineers care about latency and throughput. Your spec should speak both languages. Include both business metrics and technical metrics. Risk assessment, dependencies and mitigation What could go wrong? What are you worried about? What do you need from other teams? Waxa uu ka soo xiriir in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay. Do you need another team to ship something first? Do you rely on a third-party service that might have rate limits or downtime? Call it out. I've had projects delayed by weeks because of dependencies I didn't flag early enough. List external dependencies. Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa loo yaabaa in ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Call out single points of failure in your design. Ma rabtaa technology ugu horeysay? Is this an area of the code base nobody really understands anymore? Are you making assumptions about user behavior that might be wrong? Identify areas with high uncertainty. Ma rabtaa in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan yahay. For each major risk, propose a mitigation strategy or fallback plan. : Third-party API might have downtime Risk : Implement circuit breaker with exponential backoff; cache responses for 5 minutes; have a degraded mode that works without the API Mitigation Waxay ku dhigi kartaa in la dhiso iyo in la dhiso in la dhiso. Ma rabtaa in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan yahay. Be honest about what you don't know yet. "Ma waxaad u baahan tahay in ay u baahan tahay in ay u soo saarka 500GB ee data ugu horeysay - si ay u baahan tahay in ay u baahan yahay" Ma rabtaa in aad u baahan tahay si ay u baahan tahay si ay u baahan tahay si ay u baahan tahay si ay u baahan tahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay si ay u baahan yahay. Mention compliance, security, or data privacy concerns early. Warshadaha Rolls How will this actually get deployed? Phased rollout? Feature flags? Canary deployments? I never ship big changes to 100% of users on day one. Never. If you only have two users, ship to just one. If you only have two users, ship to just one. Ma rabtaa si aad u hesho: 5% → 10% → 50% → 100%. Iyada oo dhan, aad u isticmaali karaa macluumaadka iyo si aad u aragti. Plan for gradual rollout. Waayo, waxaa loo isticmaali karaa in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Use feature flags to decouple deploy from release. What conditions trigger a rollback? Be specific: Define rollback criteria. If error rate exceeds 0.5%, roll back If p95 latency exceeds 1 sekunda, rool back If we get more than 10 customer complaints in an hour, roll back Waayo, wax soo saarka ugu horeysay waa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ku yaalaa in ay ka mid ah wax soo saarka ah oo ka mid ah wax soo saarka. Waayo, waxaa laga yaabaa in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Consider dark launching to test in production without user impact. Migrating millions of database records is risky. Do it separately from shipping new features. Ideally, migrate data first, then deploy code that uses the new schema, then clean up the old schema (expand-migrate-contract pattern). Plan for data migrations separately from code deploys. Who needs to know when this ships? Customer support team? Marketing? External partners? Write the comms plan into the spec. Have a communication plan for internal stakeholders and customers. Qalabka Rollback What happens if you suddenly become unavailable when everything's on fire? Would your team know how to handle it? Think of it like a preflight checklist for pilots. When stress is high and adrenaline is pumping, you don't want to be figuring things out. You want a list you can follow mechanically: Shirkadda X-Flag Or: roll back to commit abc123 and deploy Run database script Y to revert schema changes Clear Cache Z si ay u isticmaali karaa data stale Macaamiisha monitor A, B, C si ay u adeegsanay rollback. Post in #incidents channel with status Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa laga yaabaa in ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Qalabka Testing Testing Unit, Testing Integration, Testing load, case edge - sida aad si aad u baahan tahay in ay u shaqeeyaan? Critical paths need extensive tests. Nice-to-have features can have lighter coverage. Be explicit about what needs what level of testing. Define test coverage expectations. If this will serve millions of requests, you need to test it at scale. I use tools like k6 or Locust to simulate load. Don't wait until production to discover your database falls over at 10,000 QPS. Plan load/performance testing for high-traffic features. Kill dependencies. Inject latency. Simulate network partitions. See what breaks. Netflix's Chaos Monkey is the canonical example, but you don't need anything that sophisticated. Just deliberately break things and see what happens. Consider chaos engineering for critical systems. What happens when the database is slow? When the cache is empty? When a user sends malformed input? These are where bugs hide. Test edge cases and failure modes, not just happy paths. Shuruudaha automated waa ugu fiican, laakiin waxay ka heli karaa kaliya oo aad ku yaalaa si ay u test for. A human click around can find the weird stuff. Plan for manual QA/exploratory testing where needed. Pen testing, OWASP Top 10 checks, dependency scanning. If you're touching authentication, payments, or personal data, you need security review. Include security testing for sensitive features. Timeline and milestones Realistic estimates, buffer for unknowns, key delivery dates. Haddii aad u baahan tahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay in ay u baahan yahay. Waxaad ka mid ah dhismaha warshadaha ama dhismaha warshadaha, sidoo kale ka mid ah dhismaha warshadaha iyo dhismaha warshadaha iyo dhismaha warshadaha. Work backwards from hard deadlines if they exist. Marka aad u isticmaali karaa macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad ka mid ah macluumaad. Pad estimates for unknowns. Every two weeks, you should be able to show something. It keeps momentum and surfaces problems early. Define clear milestones with demos or checkpoints. Qalabka dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha, dhismaha dhismaha dhismaha. Call out external constraints. Xisaabinta oo ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Be realistic about team capacity. Initial estimates are educated guesses. As you get into implementation, you learn things. Update your timeline accordingly. A spec should be a living document, not a contract written in stone. Update estimates as you learn more. Open questions What still needs to be figured out? What requires more investigation? Sidee waa mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. "We need to validate that approach X can handle our query volume" ama "We should prototype the migration script on a test dataset first." List unknowns that need research or prototyping before committing. "Need security team review on encryption approach" or "Need product input on what the fallback behavior should be." Call out decisions that need input from specific people or teams. "We're assuming users will click this button, but we should A/B test to confirm" or "We think this cache hit rate will be 80%, but we should measure real traffic patterns first." Highlight areas where you need to validate assumptions with data. "Saxii loo isticmaali karaa in la isticmaali karaa in la isticmaali karaa, laakiin la isticmaali karaa in la isticmaali karaa in la isticmaali karaa in la isticmaali karaa in la isticmaali karaa." Be explicit about trade-offs you haven't resolved yet. Don't let open questions languish. Someone needs to be responsible for getting an answer, and there needs to be a deadline. Assign owners to each open question with target resolution dates. Sida loo isticmaali karaa cultuur I've worked at companies where specs were treated as bureaucratic box-checking exercises, and I've worked at companies where they were genuinely valued as thinking tools. The difference is night and day. Sida loo isticmaali karaa, waxaa loo isticmaali karaa si ay u isticmaali karaa Google Docs iyo Docler si ay u isticmaali karaa Confluence. Technical specifications should be based on a standard template. Having a standard template also means reviewing specs is easier. You know where to look for the problem statement, the requirements, the risks. You're not hunting through a free-form essay trying to figure out basic information. Don't be afraid to share yours with a broader audience. I know it's scary putting your ideas out there, but transparency has massive benefits. Other teams might discover they're solving similar problems. Someone from a different vertical might have crucial context you're missing. Serendipity happens when information is public. Make all proposals publicly available. Haddii aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay in aad u baahan yahay. This serves multiple purposes: it helps others learn, it encourages collaboration, it makes people aware of what's being built across the organisation. We had monthly sessions where people would present proposals in progress and get feedback from a cross-functional group. Some of the best ideas came from those sessions. Schedule regular review sessions of critical proposals. “Architecture Review” Waayo, waxa uu ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ka mid ah. Tell people they're doing great. When someone writes a particularly good spec, I call it out in a public channel. It takes five seconds and it makes people feel good about the work they're doing. "Axaasi waa mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah." The spec is the work Sida loo yaabaa, waxaa laga yaabaa in ay ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah. Shuruudaha ugu badan oo ka mid ah shuruudaha ugu horeysay ee shuruudaha ugu horeysay ee shuruudaha ugu horeysay ee of coding begins. That's backwards. The spec is where you do the hardest thinking. It's where you discover what you don't know. It's where you find the fatal flaws before they become production incidents. “Waa'aalo ah” Waxa uu ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah mid ah mid ka mid ah. Waxaad ka mid ah wax soo saarka waaweyn, wax soo saarka waaweyn, wax soo saarka waaweyn, wax soo saarka waaweyn. So the next time you're tempted to skip the spec and just start coding, resist. Open up that document. Start with the problem. Work through the details. Invite smart people to poke holes in your logic. Iterate. Ma rabtaa in aad u soo xiriir oo aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay in aad u baahan tahay. My . It captures most of the ideas discussed here. If your organisation doesn't have a technical proposal template yet, use this as a starting point. product proposal template is available on GitHub Template of product proposal waxaa laga heli karaa on GitHub