Visualizing Software Architecture with C4

1. Problem

Teams are struggling to desribe their software to various audiences. They use confusing diagrams with ambiguously named boxes, unclear responsibilities, unexplained symbols, ambiguous relationships between elements, no key/legend, and unclear abstractions.

2. Solution

Create software architecture diagrams that would be easy for anybody on the project team to understand - use different levels of abstraction (high level, component level, and even code) and include user stories.

3. Demo of Terrastruct - diagraming tool

I found an interesting tool that allow you to create diagrams at multiple levels, zoom into components, and also add user stories.

4. Links

• Terrastruct on Hacker News
• Terrastruct - homepage
• Demo of Terrastruct
• The C4 model on Hacker News
• The C4 model - homepage
• Tool to describe C4 using code