Stop Prompting; Use the Design-Log Method to...

The article by Yoav Abrahami introduces the Design-Log Methodology, a structured approach to using AI in software development that combats the "context wall" — where AI models lose track of project history and make inconsistent decisions as codebases grow. The core idea is to maintain a version-controlled ./design-log/ folder in a Git repository, filled with markdown documents that capture design decisions, discussions, and implementation plans at the time they were made. This log acts as a shar