A changelog does two things: it makes the work visible and it builds a rhythm of delivery. Teams that ship quietly create uncertainty because people don’t know what changed or why. [[Ship-Show-Ask]] is what this looks like as a practice: the changelog is the “show” made repeatable, a regular signal that something real happened and here’s what it means. Naming the thing, explaining the reason, attributing the value turns shipping into communication rather than just execution.
[[Documenting meetings]] is the internal version of this habit: decisions recorded rather than assumed, for the same reason that a changelog records changes rather than assuming people noticed. [[Focus on outcome, not output]] is easier to track when you have a changelog to check against: what shipped, and did it change anything.