whiteboarding

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Techniques

A collaborative design technique for sketching architecture, boundaries, and data flow before implementation.

Why it's here

Placed in Hold: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

Evidence (1)

4Martin Fowler·3/3/2026research
Design-First Collaboration for AI Coding
The article argues that AI coding assistants often skip the design phase and generate implementation immediately, which hides important architecture decisions inside the code. It proposes a structured, whiteboard-like conversation pattern to align on design before coding, reducing review overhead and misunderstandings.