The second law of software architecture, defined in “Fundamentals of Software Architecture” by Mark Richards & Neal Ford - “Why is more important than how”.
Documentation of Reasoning: (preserving institutional knowledge). Understanding the rationale behind decisions is more valuable than implementation details.
Without understanding the reason behind the architecture, an architect cannot create the mental model that generated the architecture in the first place, making further development proper and cumbersome.
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