---
title: "How Senior Software Engineers Document Their Project"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-senior-software-engineers-document-their-project-1njludssk
source_url: https://dev.to/koladev/how-senior-software-engineers-document-their-project-1nf4
type: article
source: "DEV"
author: "Kolawôlé Onaël Mangabo"
published: 2024-10-28T16:01:40.890Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:30:27.907Z
tags: ["architecture", "career", "fintech", "productivity"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 1906
comments: 53
language: en
---

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# How Senior Software Engineers Document Their Project

**[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@koladev](https://daily.dev/koladev) · 4 min read · 1906 upvotes · 53 comments

## Summary

Software engineers often dislike documenting projects, but it distinguishes good engineers from bad. The Architectural Decision Record (ADR) is highlighted as an effective way to document architectural changes, providing benefits like aiding memory, improving team learning, and assisting future developers. The post outlines the importance of ADRs and provides a template and examples for implementation.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/koladev/how-senior-software-engineers-document-their-project-1nf4>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@evelync** · 7 upvotes

> good

**@ghost** · 5 upvotes

> Well done. I have a Obsidian Template directory with an ADR template, notion is great too. 🥰

**@mohitvaswani010** · 5 upvotes

> Loved it, great read.

**@ameithor** · 4 upvotes

> Good article! I like ADR and the approach of versioning arhcitectural decisions by having them on git.

**@pixiestix** · 2 upvotes

> ADR is some food for thought. Good read.

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