Your codebase explains itself to you.
Documentation is written for developers. You need executive-level understanding: what does the system do, where are the risks, how are we architected. Get answers in plain English.
- Ask questions the way you'd ask a senior engineer
- Get summaries, not code dumps
- Prepare for board meetings with technical context
72% of CEOs say they lack visibility into engineering work. Documentation doesn't solve that. Asking questions does.
Provider: Stripe (direct integration, not third-party)
Capabilities: Credit cards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay
Storage: We never store card numbers - Stripe tokenizes
Compliance: PCI DSS compliant via Stripe
Revenue: Monthly subscriptions + usage-based overage
Risk: Good - payment code has 78% test coverage, no known vulnerabilities
Questions you can finally answer yourself.
Architecture
Big picture"How is our system architected?" "What cloud services do we use?" "How does data flow through the system?"
Risk & Security
Governance"What are our biggest technical risks?" "How do we handle customer data?" "Are there security vulnerabilities?"
Business Logic
Operations"How does billing work?" "What happens when a user cancels?" "How do we calculate pricing?"
Why reading docs doesn't work for executives.
Technical documentation assumes you can read code. You need business-level summaries and implications.
Documentation lags behind the code. Questions answered by the actual codebase are always current.
"How does payment work?" gets a summary. "What's the payment failure rate?" gets data. Ask what you actually need to know.
Stop relying on secondhand technical information.
Get direct answers about your most important asset: your codebase.