Mastering Software Architecture Documentation: 4 Techniques You Need to Know

If you're a software developer or architect looking to enhance your skills, you've come to the right place. In this video, I'll introduce you to four powerful techniques for documenting software architecture, helping you to create clear, maintainable, and effective architectural records.

1. Architecture Decision Record (ADR): Learn how to maintain a comprehensive history of your choices and the reasons behind them, ensuring your team is always on the same page and can make informed decisions as your project evolves.
2. Request for Comment (RFC): Discover the art of effective communication and collaboration, as well as how to gather valuable feedback that can shape your software architecture for the better.
3. Event Storming: I'll explain you how this visual and collaborative technique allows you to model complex systems in a clear, accessible format.
4. C4 Model: A method that takes a holistic approach to documenting software architecture, providing a clear visual representation of the system's components and their relationships.

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[ChrisMicallef]

This video is a perfect example how great content should be delivered and why the way things are presented is key.

[abraham.sanchez]

Shoutout to you, Lucas. Your setup, the camera angles, how you play with those, and the content are really engaging! I have a couple of years of experience in software, not as much as you, but it's rare to see someone from our field be that confident talking in front of a camera or on stage! Congrats!🎉

[azizsaya]

useful info doesn't start until 06:18 🤷‍♂
but once it start this is some pretty valueable info 🤠

[RubenCasas]

Great content Luca! invaluable tools and explanation of these techniques... I am a huge fan of ADRs

[theburningmonk]

Love the production value! The background and editing are looking great 👍

[linointhecloud]

Great editing man! Love the background scene, looks cool 👍

[SahilDaBoss]

Lucas, I am reading most of your post. But the video is little bit hard to understand. May be I am wrong but as English is my second language I can tell you the sentences are very close when you speak. No tone fluctuates between words that makes hard to understand. But I am still enjoying it with subtitle so all good. If you can improve it, it would be amazing.

Thank you

[garotohxc]

Amazing content and great editing!! Kudos!!!

[ZhekaMechsheryakov]

in you experience, if there are stakeholders who are not agree with an ADR, do you decline such recision? or you write up only "approved" ones

[MohamedWaheedAtef]

The sound effect you are using when a text is written is really bad, please change it, it is too abrupt, sharp and distracting, thanks for the video 🙏🏻

[dustsucker]

How would you Handle a two layer System like a webshop build in php with Page Generation and translation. And Javascript for Interaktion and updating data on the page?

[MegaJumper]

Hi Luca,

Thank you for the video, but I didn't enjoy it so much. First of all, a third of the video is spent on introduction, you only start discussing ADR on the 6th minute. Second, there is very little real content and a bit too much water in the talk. I already knew about ADR and RFC, so understand those were easier, but I struggled to understand the idea beyond event storming. It feels like you spend too much time on describing the same benefits of the documentation over and over for every documentation method. For my taste you are using too many adjectives like "powerful" instead of analysing the methods with pros and cons. Hope this helps. Thank you for your work and for the email newsletter (this is how I found your video).

[SemenOh]

first 3 minutes (didn't watch longer) of nothing just repeating the same thing. why don't you appreciate the time of your viewers?