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Step-by-step guides for drawing clear software architecture diagrams, from choosing the right view to keeping diagrams accurate as systems change.

How to Create Architecture Diagrams with AI Agents (MCP)
Connect Claude, Cursor or VS Code to Archboard over MCP and let an agent draw, edit and explain architecture diagrams on a canvas your team shares.
10/22/2026
How to Turn a Docker Compose File into an Architecture Diagram
A compose.yaml already lists your services, networks and volumes. Here is how to read it into a diagram, find the calls it hides, and keep the picture current.
10/22/2026
Microservices Architecture Diagram: An Example and Seven Rules That Keep It Readable
Most microservices diagrams end up as a ball of arrows. One worked example and seven rules for a diagram that shows entry points, data ownership and how services talk.
10/22/2026
Event-Driven Architecture Diagram: How to Draw Kafka Producers, Topics and Consumers
In an event-driven system the call graph disappears into topics. A notation for producers, topics, consumer groups and failure paths that keeps the flow readable.
10/22/2026
CI/CD Pipeline Diagram: From Commit to Production, Step by Step
A pipeline diagram should show more than a row of stages. Artifacts, environments, gates and the way back from production, with a GitOps example on Kubernetes.
10/22/2026
Data Flow Diagrams for Threat Modeling: A STRIDE Walkthrough
A threat model starts with a data flow diagram. How to draw one with trust boundaries, then walk it with STRIDE, using a photo upload feature as the example.
10/22/2026
BPMN Diagram Example: An Order Fulfillment Process, Step by Step
BPMN looks like a flowchart until it doesn't. One order fulfillment process built step by step: pools, lanes, events, gateways and message flows.
10/22/2026
System Design Diagram Example: A URL Shortener from Requirements to Diagram
A worked system design diagram for a URL shortener: requirements, back-of-the-envelope numbers, separate read and write paths, and a layout that shows the reasoning.
10/22/2026
How to Embed Live Architecture Diagrams in Docs, Notion, Confluence and GitHub
A pasted screenshot is wrong the day the system changes. How to put a live diagram into docs sites, Notion, Confluence and GitHub, and what to do where embeds fail.
10/22/2026
Multi-Tenant SaaS Architecture Diagram: Silo, Pool and Bridge Models
On most architecture diagrams, multi-tenancy is invisible, and that is where the risk hides. How to show tenant context, isolation models and the control plane.
10/22/2026
How to Draw a Kubernetes Architecture Diagram (with Free Template)
A Kubernetes architecture diagram should show traffic, boundaries and state, not every Pod. What to include, mistakes to avoid, and a free template.
10/16/2026
From Kubernetes YAML to an Architecture Diagram
Kubernetes YAML to diagram, step by step: inventory objects, trace selectors and references, cut the noise, and keep the drawing current.
10/16/2026

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