3 resources from GitHub we point founders to, and the questions each answers.
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Why we picked it
You cannot fully remove the risk of one person holding all the knowledge, but you can hedge it, and the cheapest hedge is documentation your developer writes as they go. This is a ready-made README template with the sections that actually matter for handover: how to install, how to run it locally, configuration, and where things live. Drop it into your repo on day one and make keeping it current part of the job, so a second developer (or a replacement) can get oriented without a month of reverse engineering.
Why we picked it
Your answer says 'write the decision, the reasoning, and who owns it in one place', and this is the copy-paste template for exactly that, with no tooling to buy. Drop the markdown file in a Google Docs folder or a /decisions directory in your repo and you have a lightweight decision log from day one. It captures the issue, the positions considered, the selection, and the implications, which is precisely what stops the same argument resurfacing every standup once you are past three people.
A decision record is a one-page structured note (issue, options weighed, decision, reasoning, owner) that turns freeform Slack debate into a searchable log
Deliberately tool-agnostic: keep records in a docs folder, your git repo, or a wiki, so there is zero adoption cost for a small team
The written trail is what lets an owner decide fast and move on, because 'we already decided this and here is why' replaces re-arguing it
Why we picked it
The actual source and install instructions for the self hosted route, which is the whole cost saving. Seeing that it is genuinely open (fair code) and actively maintained gives you confidence before you build your workflows on it. This is where you start if you want to run it on your own server.
