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You've heard of README-driven development, where you start by writing a README and documenting what you're going to code you start coding.<\/p>\n\n

I've recently been doing diagram-driven development, where I start with a diagram and build a flow chart of the functionality, what pieces I'll need and what the information flow or user journey looks like.<\/p>\n\n

I've been using Mermaid<\/a>, so the diagrams are easy and quick to create, are version-controlled and a stored in the same code repository.<\/p>\n\n

You can see an example in the Build Configs repository<\/a>, which is now public and open-source<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Similar to writing the README first, creating a diagram upfront helps me clarify what I'm going to build and how I'm going to do it.<\/p>\n\n

And using Mermaid means I can create it and push a temporary branch or create a pull or merge request to share it with colleagues to review before I start.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

You've heard of README-driven development, where you start by writing a README and documenting what you're going to code you start coding.<\/p>\n\n

I've recently been doing diagram-driven development, where I start with a diagram and build a flow chart of the functionality, what pieces I'll need and what the information flow or user journey looks like.<\/p>\n\n

I've been using Mermaid<\/a>, so the diagrams are easy and quick to create, are version-controlled and a stored in the same code repository.<\/p>\n\n

You can see an example in the Build Configs repository<\/a>, which is now public and open-source<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Similar to writing the README first, creating a diagram upfront helps me clarify what I'm going to build and how I'm going to do it.<\/p>\n\n

And using Mermaid means I can create it and push a temporary branch or create a pull or merge request to share it with colleagues to review before I start.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ], "feeds_item": [ { "imported": "2025-04-21T01:21:27+00:00", "guid": null, "hash": "79d80b699a527736bd9685bbb68dad9e", "target_type": "feeds_feed", "target_uuid": "90c85284-7ca8-4074-9178-97ff8384fe76" } ] }