Own your tools · Chapter 14, the burden of ownership

Tool Registry

A tool you build is a tool you must maintain. This is the one-page list every ugly tool needs before your team relies on it: who owns it, how the work happens if it dies, how to turn it off, and when you will next look at it. Saved in your browser. Nothing leaves this page.

Tool name

What it does

Owner (who fixes it)

Data it touches

Approval point

Cost / mo ($)

Backup plan if it dies

Kill switch

Status

Next review date