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Engineering Culture

Why Your Team Keeps Asking "Why Did We Build It This Way?"

The hidden cost of lost institutional knowledge and how it compounds over time. Every departure, every org change, every quarter — critical context evaporates.

Jan 15, 2025
6 min read
Best Practices

The Architecture Decision Record: A Practical Guide

ADRs are the most underused tool in engineering. Learn how to write effective Architecture Decision Records that actually get read and referenced.

Jan 8, 2025
8 min read
Onboarding

Onboarding Engineers in Weeks, Not Months

How top engineering teams use institutional memory to cut onboarding time by 80%. The secret isn't more documentation — it's better context.

Dec 20, 2024
5 min read
Technology

Semantic Search for Engineering Knowledge

How vector embeddings and AI are transforming the way teams search for technical context. From keyword matching to understanding intent.

Dec 12, 2024
7 min read
Productivity

The True Cost of Developer Context Switching

Studies show developers spend 30% of their time understanding existing code. Here's why, and what you can do about it.

Dec 5, 2024
4 min read
Product

Introducing Kioku: Institutional Memory for Engineering Teams

We're launching Kioku to solve the problem of lost engineering knowledge. Here's our vision for the future of institutional memory.

Nov 28, 2024
5 min read

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