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The C4 model for visualising software architecture (official website)

Broadly speaking, there are two options for diagramming microservices when using the C4 model, although it depends what you mean by “microservice”. With that in mind, let’s start from the beginning. Stage 1 - monolithic architectural style Imagine that we work for a small startup company and our task is to build a software system (named “X”) that offers business capabilities A, B, and C to our customers. Our system context diagram might look like this: Arguably the quickest and cheapest way to get something delivered, especially as a young startup with a small engineering team, is to use…

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