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Why Static Docs Rot Faster Than CodeMost engineering teams maintain Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) as static markdown files in a /docs directory. While well-intentioned, this approach suffers from a critical flaw: the absence of a feedback loop. As implementation details shift during refactors or feature development, the documented rationale becomes stale. Developers rarely check a static document when modifying a function, leading to a divergence between the intended architecture and the actual codebase. This divergence is dangerous because it allows silent regressions where a previously agreed-upon tradeoff is violated without any warning.Embedding Context in the CodebaseTo combat this, treat the...