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Living architecture

Reading and drawing a system: the C4 container diagram and the use cases you can replay step by step on top of it.

Goal

Read any architecture page on this site unaided and build the one for your own project with the same engine.

For: Anyone who has to explain a system to someone else, or understand someone else's in ten minutes.

Lessons

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  1. 01
    How to read an architecture page 4 min read · Level 0

    Learn to walk through a living-architecture page: containers, flows replayed on the diagram, states and data, without getting lost in the arrows.

  2. 02
    How to make yours with the engine 4 min read · Level 2

    Document your project with ArqViva: research it, copy the template, fill N, E and FLOWS, write the manifest and pass the importer with no privacy hits.

Mini project

Your project's architecture

One page with your project's C4, at least two replayable flows and the lifecycle of its main object, validated by the engine before you publish it.

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