C4 Model Diagramming: Systems Architecture for Engineering Teams

Context, Containers, Components, and Code: Structuring visual software maps.

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Level 1: System Context

Visualize how your system sits within the wider ecosystem of users and third-party APIs.

Detail web apps, databases, microservices, and messaging queues with clear boundary boxes.

Zoom into specific services to map controllers, domain logic, and repositories.

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