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Why Tools?

An architect needs a couple of tools. I thought a lot about writing this section because this can easily get deprecated since tools keep evolving, but then I decided to talk about the essence of tools we need and give some current recommendations.

An architect does not need many tools, but for engineering, we need lots of tools. For architecture, we need a couple of tools for:

  • Diagramming
  • Documentation
  • Thinking