Architecture as Code: Why Your Diagrams Should Live in Git
TL;DR — Architecture as code means your service topology is defined in a structured file (YAML, JSON, or similar) that lives in your repository, is version-controlled, and generates your visualizations automatically. It’s the same principle as infrastructure as code applied to documentation: the source of truth is a file, not a diagram drawn by hand. […]
How to Document Your Microservice Architecture (And Actually Keep It Up to Date)
TL;DR — Microservice architecture documentation fails for one reason: it lives in a different system than the code. The only documentation that stays accurate is documentation that updates automatically when the architecture changes. That means YAML-defined service maps, not Confluence pages or Lucidchart diagrams maintained by hand. Every engineering team has a version of this […]
