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. W...