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Documentation as Code for Cloud - C4 Model & Structurizr
Structurizr is used for describing and visualizing architecture using the C4 model. One of the main selling points is the fact you can define an entire (IT) architecture model using text. A typical model consists of:
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Architecture diagrams enable better conversations
I've been using https://structurizr.com/ to automatically generate C4 diagrams from a model (rather than drawing them by hand). It works well with the approach for written documentation as proposed in https://arc42.org/. It's very easy to embed a C4 diagram into a markdown document.
The result is a set of documents and diagrams under version control that can be rendered using the structurizr documentation server (for interactive diagrams and indexed search).
I also use https://d2lang.com/ for declarative diagrams in addition to C4, e.g., sequence diagrams and https://adr.github.io/ for architectural decision records. These are also well integrated into structurizr.
- Dynamically generate Cloud System Architecture diagram
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Mastering Software Architecture Visualization with the C4 Model
Structurizr, available at https://structurizr.com/ and also has a free plan available with a single workspace available, is a tool that allows you to build out a C4 model using its Structurizr DSL to outline the Containers, Components, and Contexts of the architecture. It is a valuable tool for designing and visualizing a software architecture. In this example we'll build out a simple Machine Learning Pipeline, I mean a very basic one, featuring an ETL Pipeline and a model that trains images that classifies it as a image of planet earth or not. To begin, lets define our work space.
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Top 9 software architecture tools
Structurizr builds upon "diagrams as code", allowing you to create multiple diagrams from a single model using a number of tools and programming languages.
- Architecture diagrams should be code
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Launch HN: IcePanel (YC W23) – Onboard engineers with explorable system designs
As a customer since 2021, is this re-launch HN?
Loved the concept, found it fell over for real-sized things on even the most powerful machines, had to switch to Structurizr to do our C4 modeling: https://structurizr.com/
Was very disappointed, bet I'd get more devs to model architecture with this tool. If it's relaunching because perf problems were resolved, will look forward to try it again.
Depending on scope of people's needs, either highly recommended or, try it first.
Hats off to Victor for great support back then, and I see the docs are a reflection of that, like this section on embedding into popular tools:
https://docs.icepanel.io/features/sharing#embedding-share-li...
TL;DR: Helpful team, thoughtful UI, thoughtful docs, a product capability (c4 modeling) very worth understanding and using.
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Keep your diagrams updated with continuous delivery
He built a tool called Structurizr for this.
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D2 is now open source – a new, modern language that turns text to diagrams
Ah this is like https://structurizr.com which is based on C4.
- What tools do you use to map out microservices?
text-to-diagram-site
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Ask HN: Guidelines for making clear architecture diagrams
As far as guidelines, I have spent time looking as well an never came away with a good answer. One useful website for comparing some of the best tools is https://text-to-diagram.com/. My personal favorite is D2. Still lacking a few layout features that I want, but it gets me 90% of the way there. The syntax is great for projects big to small, and it strikes the perfect balance between "create a diagram fast" and "feature rich". But in terms of actual guidelines, I would agree with another user that C4 actually tries to lay out some sort of guidelines.
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Nomnoml
One of those "text to diagram" contenders did a comparison website (open source) a while back: https://text-to-diagram.com/ (nomnoml isn't in there).
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Documentation as Code for Cloud Using PlantUML
Community list of comparisons between Text to Diagram tools: https://text-to-diagram.com/
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in MermaidJS
https://text-to-diagram.com/?example=sequence&b=mermaid
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Is there a tool to visualize related stories, tasks, bugs, etc?
If you can get enough data out of the ticket system, maybe something like https://text-to-diagram.com/ will help.
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D2 (text-to-diagram language): Introducing Grid diagrams
We made a site to let people compare: https://text-to-diagram.com . (Mermaid maintainers contribute to it)
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Mermaid Cheat Sheet
I think Mermaid is better than PlantUML to write something quickly.
But D2 looks very promising. I like the simpler and more intuitive syntax.
https://text-to-diagram.com/
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The truth is, being a sysadmin can be a thankless job. What is something that you have done that your are proud of? AKA Toot your own horn Tuesday.
have you seen https://text-to-diagram.com/ for comparing these flowcharts including mermaidJS and graphwiz as you mentioned and there are a few more there.
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Generate diagrams programmatically with D2
Yes, it's a limited generator, because it's like 20 lines long and not the point of the article.
If you want to compare Mermaid against D2, take a look at https://text-to-diagram.com. The maintainers of Mermaid have contributed to it.
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D2: Free, open-source modern language for turning text to diagrams
For a comparison with other popular text-to-diagram tools: https://text-to-diagram.com (the maintainers of Mermaid have contributed to this).
What are some alternatives?
C4-PlantUML - C4-PlantUML combines the benefits of PlantUML and the C4 model for providing a simple way of describing and communicate software architectures
d2 - D2 is a modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.
dsl - Structurizr DSL
d2-playground - An online runner to play, learn, and create with D2, the modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.
c4-draw.io - Draw.io template/diagram containing C4 Model shapes. Drawio Diagrams.net
mermaid-cli - Command line tool for the Mermaid library
emacs-drawio
d2-vscode - VSCode extension for D2 files.
obsidian-graphviz - Graphviz plugin for obsidian md.
excalidraw - Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
OpenDiablo2 - An implementation of Diablo 2 in AbyssEngine.