Example: contracts between teams without the bureaucracy
A simple interface mindset for hand-offs: explicit inputs, outputs, and what “done” means.
23 January 2026 · Archive
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Fictional scenario for demonstrating tags and archive grouping.
When two teams share a boundary—APIs, data pipelines, or design systems—misunderstanding usually comes from implicit expectations. A one-page contract is enough if it answers four questions.
Four questions
- What do you consume from us?
- What do we guarantee (latency, freshness, breaking-change policy)?
- How do we communicate changes?
- Who is on point when something breaks?
Treat the contract as a living note in the repo, not a signed treaty. Update it when behaviour changes, and link it from runbooks.