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Notes from the whiteboard.
Practical writing on architecture habits, diagram tooling, and what it takes to keep specs alive after the meeting ends.
Why whiteboard architecture dies in 48 hours (and how to keep it alive)
The half-life of a whiteboard sketch is short. Here's what actually happens to that beautiful diagram between Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning — and the small workflow change that keeps it useful.
July 8, 2026 · Sketchstack team
From sketch to Terraform: what AI vision can and can't read in your diagrams
An honest breakdown of what a vision model actually sees when it looks at a whiteboard photo — the parts it nails, the parts it guesses at, and the parts it should never be trusted with.
June 22, 2026 · Sketchstack team
Architecture Decision Records for small teams: a 20-minute habit
ADRs get a bad reputation because most teams first meet them as a 12-page template. Here's the version that actually sticks: 20 minutes, one page, and a review cadence you can hold to.
June 5, 2026 · Sketchstack team