I don't think the issue is one of big repo versus small repos. IMO, the crux of the issue lies in your last sentence: >My issue is with ambiguity, vision, owne

I don't think the issue is one of big repo versus small repos. IMO, the crux of the issue lies in your last sentence: >My issue is with ambiguity, vision, ownership, and having the big picture of the project in my head. One could make the argument that the above are issues of leadership and the systems in place(or lack thereof), which could help navigate ambiguity, ownership and clarity of vision. If that is so, perhaps a system would create high quality onboarding plans for new people to grok that structure quickly enough to make a difference, or have adequate cross-squad synchronization and knowledge sharing, busting of siloes etc. I don't think this one is about individuals but more about the system. Although, if the motivation and incentives are encouraging for you personally, you could try creating a system of record so that subsequent new folks can have similar questions answered as you did when you joined.