The C4 Model – Misconceptions, Misuses & Mistakes • Simon Brown • GOTO 2024

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Simon Brown - Author of "Software Architecture for Developers" & Creator of the C4 Software ‪@simonbrown4821‬

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ABSTRACT
The C4 model for visualising software architecture has been gaining traction, with many organisations adopting it as their preferred way to document software architecture. Although C4 is relatively lightweight and straightforward, there are several misconceptions that I see on a regular basis, and several common ways in which teams use C4 incorrectly.

Join me for a tour of these things, and hear my advice on how to model things like shared code, microservices, and larger software systems. [...]

TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
00:44 C4 Model
05:52 What the C4 Model is
07:22 Notation
10:01 Viewpoints
13:01 Abstractions & naming
14:18 "C4 is too limiting"
19:03 Abstraction vs organization
21:56 Message-driven architectures
23:54 Shared libraries
25:27 Micro frontends & microservices
33:13 The C4 Model at scale
36:54 Dependencies to "external" containers
39:58 Takeaways
40:22 Outro

Download slides and read the full abstract here:
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Simon Brown • Software Architecture for Developers Vol. 2 • leanpub.com/visualising-software-architecture
David Farley • Modern Software Engineering • amzn.to/3GI468M
Dave Farley & Jez Humble • Continuous Delivery • amzn.to/3ocIHwd
Woods, Erder & Pureur • Continuous Architecture in Practice • amzn.to/2QWAmkl
George Fairbanks • Just Enough Software Architecture • amzn.to/3uZzVo0

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