Frequently asked questions
Whether one of these packages is for you, and what you get when you buy one.
The binding wording is in the End-User Licence Agreement and the Refund Policy — where an answer here and one of those documents disagree, the document is right.
Is a Tech North Star for you?
What if I use genAI to do my code? I don't need a tech vision for that.
For a quick prototype, you are right, no need for these packages. However the moment you need a real product, quality, scaling, security (not leaving the API keys in the frontend!), you immediately need to switch to a real architecture.
In most jurisdictions, the moment you have money switching hands, you are liable for a lot of regulations and laws and industry guidelines. Not knowing about them, and not serving your customers in a proper way, e.g. reasonably guarding their data and privacy, is not an exception anywhere.
You can benefit in two ways from these packages, and doing both is the suggestion:
- Read the content. I know it is long, but if your product is really creating value, it is worth your time to learn about how a good architecture looks like. It shows you the decisions, reasoning and problems you can handle and avoid.
- Feed it into your choice of AI assistant and compare it against your existing codebase. It will help you identify much better what is missing, what wasn't thought of. Especially ask for the ADRs to be generated over from your code.
Personal experience, genAI generates really bad ones, around half of them usually are not even architecture nor decisions but topics. Still better to surface those as conscious items, and these packages help guide you in it.
I already have a product developed for years, it is fine without a tech north star.
Yes, and it will be, however, do you experience at least one of these?
- weird and complicated bugs, recurring even if it seems fixed;
- cost of server seems high, especially at peak service (biggest sign is if you don't even know the answer to this);
- adding any new feature seems to be touching all the codebase;
- colleagues routinely confused about which part of the system anyone talks about or what a change will affect.
I could list a lot more of the points, but if any of the above is already resonating with you, you need a tech north star built for your product.
And one of these packages can help you get started, but won't take over and replace your decisions. It guides you to build yours.
Questions buyers ask
What's included in a Tech North Star?
The full architecture package for the problem it names. It ships user stories detailing the requirements the architecture is built against, C4 diagrams for the whole system together with the security architecture around the containers, and architecture decision records with the alternatives marked wherever you have a real choice.
The Sales Funnel package, for example, covers all three stages of selling digitally — convince, check-out and deliver.
Can I look at the package before I buy it?
Yes. A free demo cut of the package downloads straight from the package page — no account, no card and no sign-up.
Can I use this in paid client work?
Yes. The licence covers paid engagements: you may apply the materials while delivering to a client and leave copies with them, and that client may then use them for its own internal business purposes. Everything you build with the package is yours. You may not resell or republish the package itself.
Can I get a refund?
As a consumer you have 14 days to withdraw from the purchase for any reason, as long as you have not downloaded the package. Because the whole value of digital content passes at download, we ask for your express consent immediately before the download starts, and the right of withdrawal ends there.
If I sign in on another device later, can I download it again?
Yes. Every purchase stays in your library. Sign in with the account you bought with and you can download the package again, as often as you need.
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