Decision Records exists to preserve reasoning, not just outcomes
Teams rarely lose the fact that a decision was made. They lose the rationale, the trade-offs, and the conditions that made the choice sensible at the time.
A durable record of why
Decision Records was created to give organisations a straightforward way to keep important technical and organisational choices understandable long after the original discussion ends.
Useful beyond software architecture
While the idea is familiar in software engineering, the need is broader. Product, operations, security, infrastructure, and leadership teams all benefit when the reasoning behind structural choices remains visible.
Open source and independent
The Community Edition is open source because transparency matters. Teams can review the code, self-host it, and adopt the platform with a clear understanding of the public and commercial boundaries.