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Visualising software architecture with the C4 model - Simon Brown, Agile on the Beach 2019

Agile on the Beach · talk · Watch on YouTube

Software architecture & design

What it is

Simon Brown's Agile on the Beach 2019 talk presents the C4 model, a lightweight approach to diagramming software architecture with a shared vocabulary and simple notation.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as the introduction to C4 when people ask how to visualize and communicate software architecture.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I recommend the C4 model.”

    Introduces C4 model for coherent architecture diagrams

    tmountain, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Beyond Whiteboarding: Creating Expert System Architecture Diagrams”

  2. “which seemed very promising.”

    Introduces the promising C4 model

    qrian, 2022-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Visualizing software designs, especially of large systems (if at all)?”

  3. “If C4 is new to you too, I recommend their intro video”

    Intro to C4 as a light ruleset for system diagrams

    SnowProblem, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Architecture diagrams enable better conversations”

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Topics: c4 model, software architecture, diagramming, structurizr, simon brown

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