Ace of Swords — The Architecture Decision Record

▲ Upright +2

A moment of genuine technical clarity. You see the system for what it is, not what the last three architects wished it was. The Ace of Swords is the ADR that names the real problem, picks the real tradeoff, and gets merged before the window closes. This kind of clarity is rare. Act on it before the next meeting dilutes it.

▽ Reversed -1

You had the insight and you let it die in a draft document. The architecture is wrong and you can articulate exactly why, but you talked yourself out of raising it because the last person who challenged that decision got reassigned. A sword you refuse to swing is just expensive metal.