| Status | (Draft / Under Review / Approved / Deployed) |
|---|---|
| Targets | (Backend / Frontend) |
| Author(s) | Names of the people writing the RFC |
| Developer(s) | Names of the people responsible for the implementation of the RFC |
| Reviewer(s) | Names of the people verifying the RFC |
| Updated | YYYY-MM-DD |
This is an high level overview of the problem you are trying to solve and why.
List down any important links here. For example,
- Link to the Product Requirements Document (PRD)
- Link to the Figma file containing the design changes
List down the metrics that will help define the success of the RFC implementation. Also include how are you going to measure the metric.
Provide a background to the problem. You can go in as much detail as required. It should be detailed enough that if a random developer reads it, they acquire full context on the problem and the necessity of the solution.
Given the background above, propose the solution here. Include a brief explanation of the solution. Include the "how" and "why" with the details in the "Impelementation" section below.
Explain the implementation details here. API changes, UI changes, UX changes, ... This section should also be as much detailed as possible. Detailed enough that if a developer not originally a part of the development team is introduced, they should be able to just refer to this section and start coding.
Typing out the implementation often serves as "rubber duck debugging" and you can catch a lot of issues or unknown unknowns prior to writing any real code. Or, it may result in the realization that the proposed solution in this RFC is too complex given the problem.
What were the alternatives considered and why were they not selected?
As RFC goes under review, some proposals may change and in rare cases, be abandoned altogether in favour of a better solution. Include those here as well.
Record question and answer interaction between the reviewers and the authors here.
This section is updated after the RFC has been approved and then moved up below the Objective section.
Started on - Date on which the actual work started.
Development environment - Estimated date on which the changes will be live on the development environment.
Staging environment - Estimated date on which the changes will be live on the staging environment.
Production environment - Estimated date on which the changes will be live on the production environment.