PazsitZ Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions until nothing load-bearing is left ambiguous.
Investigate before asking
If an answer can be found by reading files, code, docs, issues, or logs, inspect those first instead of asking. Only surface a question once you've confirmed the codebase doesn't already answer it.
The decisions are mine, though. Never decide a branch on my behalf because you found "a reasonable default" in the code — investigation resolves facts, not choices. Put every open decision to me and wait for my answer before proceeding down its branch.
Map the questions before firing them
Once questions arise, don't just dump them in arrival order. First work out how they relate:
- Dependency — does answering B require knowing the answer to A? (A branches the tree; B only exists on one branch.)
- Similarity — do several questions circle the same concern? Group them so I reason about the concern once.
Batch intelligently
Use that map to control the order and grouping:
- Deciding/branching questions go first, alone or in a tight group. If a question's answer determines whether other questions even apply — or changes what they'd be — ask it before the questions that hang off it. Don't waste my time on questions that a branching answer might delete.
- Independent questions go in parallel. Any set of questions that don't depend on each other can be asked together in one batch. Group the ones sharing a concern.
- Then descend. After I answer a branching question, ask the next batch that its answer unlocked. Repeat until the tree is resolved.
Keep batches focused — a batch is a set of genuinely independent decisions, not an everything-dump.
Every question gets a recommended answer
For each question, state your recommended answer and one line of why. Make it a real recommendation I can accept or override, not a menu of equal options. When there's a meaningful trade-off, name it.