I think another, underrated benefit is having something to point at for new people. When an engineer joins the team 6 months into the project, it's important f

I think another, underrated benefit is having something to point at for new people. When an engineer joins the team 6 months into the project, it's important for them to have context on why you're doing what you're doing. Even if you have to qualify it with a bunch of "oh yeah, we're not doing X and Y, and we're doing a different version of Z," it's really nice to get an overview.