Re:Architecture diagrams should be code
by siddharthgoel88 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:30AM
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Has anyone tried to build complete company architecture in C4Model? We have an ambitious idea of documenting our current state of architecture using C4 and also have a process around it to keep it updated. Just wondering if any organization has tried this at company level and succeeded?
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Re:Architecture diagrams should be code
by BigJ1211 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:53AM
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Currently in the process of doing this at my company, so I'm curious about the experiences with it as well.
Re:Architecture diagrams should be code
by simon_brown on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:05AM
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I know a number of organisations who have done/are doing this, and my key piece of advice is to look at modelling rather than diagramming. Note that I'm not necessarily suggesting a traditional UI-driven modelling tool here. My open source Structurizr DSL is a "models as code" tool that allows you to define a model+views, and have them rendered using a number of tools (e.g. Structurizr, PlantUML, Mermaid, D2, etc). I have some conference talks on YouTube that provide an overview if you want to learn more; e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-gVFWONnQw