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Thomas Johnson @tomjohnson3

Visual Collaboration Tools Boost Distributed System Design Efficiency

Communication is key in software development, but verbal explanations can lead to misunderstandings. Visual collaboration tools like Miro, Figma & Lucidchart help align teams on complex distributed systems, reducing errors and improving productivity.

If you tell three engineers they'll be having fish for dinner, each one will imagine a different dish - it could be anything from fish & chips, to a scrumptious salmon filet with lemon and dill sauce, to a beautiful sushi roll.
Now imagine the results when you ask them to build a "backend platform for my new app." No matter how similar their end goals, frames of reference, and mental models are, each one will design a slightly different architecture.
This is why communication is usually the hardest part of any software developer's job, especially when working on distributed systems.

  
  
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