# Design Forking

> Forks a design decision into genuinely different alternatives before committing - divergent think…

Forks a design decision into genuinely different alternatives before committing - divergent thinking for software design. Use when facing an architecture or design decision, weighing approaches, or planning a non-trivial refactor; when the user asks for options, alternatives or trade-offs; when about to implement the first approach that came to mind for anything hard to reverse; or when reviewing a plan that considered only one design. This skill widens and compares the option set; committing to the winner as a calibrated bet with a pre-agreed exit is deciding-under-uncertainty's job.

- Page: https://ss33.ai/skills/connorads/design-forking-11438306814
- Publisher: connorads
- Category: [Software Development](https://ss33.ai/skills/category/software-development-t44z8z) › [Misc](https://ss33.ai/skills/category/software-development-t44z8z/misc-0pfo0b)
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