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teodorlu 2026-02-27T08:41:26.157419Z

Has anyone bothered to make a Google Sheet template for Rich Hickey's Design in Practice? I'm specifically looking for the decision matrix.

Martynas Maciulevičius 2026-02-27T11:11:32.721789Z

Is this the "A1" method? You put in the question into A1, then list traits in one axis and approaches in another axis

teodorlu 2026-02-27T12:10:08.286469Z

Yes! Based on this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QF2HjHLSE

Alex Miller (Clojure team) 2026-02-27T12:54:14.049499Z

There's not really much to it to templatize?

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teodorlu 2026-02-27T13:22:30.325979Z

No, it was quite quick, after I remembered the rows, the columns and the formatting. But we were happy with the end result. Maybe a slow start was good after all, to give the "why" a bit of time. So you're not using a template at Nubank? Just recreate the sheet when needed?

Alex Miller (Clojure team) 2026-02-27T13:29:58.585029Z

I think a template exists somewhere but it would take me longer to use it than to make a new sheet. I've been making these every day for over a decade

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teodorlu 2026-02-27T13:33:27.935219Z

That makes sense. I'm definitely not there yet. I've written up 3-4 decision matrices. Each time it's taken a lot of time. But that time spent is probably more about (a) the problem at hand, and (b) getting familiar with the process around the decision matrix. Thanks for sharing!