https://www.archyl.com/blog Architecture documentation insights, C4 model tutorials, and software architecture best practices from Archyl. en Tue, 05 May 2026 15:02:03 GMT https://www.archyl.com/og-image.png https://www.archyl.com/blog https://www.archyl.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-ride-uber-c4 A rider taps Request UberX at 7:23 pm in the rain in NYC. Eight seconds later a driver 0.4 miles away has accepted, an ETA is on screen, fare is locked, and a real-time channel is open. Here Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-ride-uber-c4 noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/import-backstage-software-catalog-into-archyl Archyl now imports your Backstage Software Catalog with a single curl. Every System, Component, Resource, API contract, and relation lands in a navigable C4 model — instantly. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/import-backstage-software-catalog-into-archyl noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-charge-stripe-c4 A POST request hits Stripe at 3am during Black Friday. Twenty seconds later the merchant has been credited, the cardholder Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-charge-stripe-c4 noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-team-digest Architecture insights live in dashboards. The people who need them most live in their inbox. We Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-team-digest noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-play-netflix-c4 Press Play on Netflix and ~50 services collaborate in less than 200 milliseconds. Here Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-play-netflix-c4 noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/bring-your-own-ai-provider Archyl now lets your organization route every AI feature — chat, discovery, ADR parsing, insights, managed agents — through your own provider and your own contract. Same product, your keys, no quota. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/bring-your-own-ai-provider noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/managed-agent-runs-schedules-connectors Ship autonomous AI agents that run on a schedule, connect to GitHub, Linear, Slack, and any MCP-compatible service, and work on your codebase with full architectural context. Today we Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/managed-agent-runs-schedules-connectors noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-intelligence-for-ai-native-teams AI agents now write most of the code. But who makes sure they respect the architecture? Today we Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-intelligence-for-ai-native-teams noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/maturity-score-architecture-health-single-grade Drift score tells you if your documentation is accurate. Conformance tells you if your rules are followed. Insights tell you what Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/maturity-score-architecture-health-single-grade noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/ai-agents-transforming-architecture-documentation Manual architecture documentation is a losing battle. AI agents now generate C4 models, detect drift, compute maturity scores, and enforce conformance rules — all without manual intervention. Here Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/ai-agents-transforming-architecture-documentation noreply@archyl.com (Archyl Team) https://www.archyl.com/blog/import-structurizr-likec4-icepanel-architecture-projects Migrate your architecture documentation from Structurizr DSL, LikeC4, or IcePanel to Archyl in minutes. Import systems, containers, components, relationships, and technologies automatically. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/import-structurizr-likec4-icepanel-architecture-projects noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/coding-agent-plugin-manage-architecture-from-your-terminal We just open-sourced a plugin that gives Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents full access to Archyl Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/coding-agent-plugin-manage-architecture-from-your-terminal noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-drift-score-measure-documentation-accuracy Architecture documentation lies. Not intentionally — it just stops being true the moment code changes. Today we Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-drift-score-measure-documentation-accuracy noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/agent-hub-conformance-guardrails-for-ai-agents AI coding agents write code fast. Without guardrails, they also drift fast. Today we Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/agent-hub-conformance-guardrails-for-ai-agents noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/built-in-widgets-architecture-dashboards-without-integrations Not every team uses Datadog or PagerDuty, but every team has architecture insights, DORA metrics, releases, ADRs, and a technology stack. Today we Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/built-in-widgets-architecture-dashboards-without-integrations noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/ownership-map-visualize-who-owns-what Every architecture has an ownership problem. Services get built, teams shift, people leave — and suddenly nobody knows who Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/ownership-map-visualize-who-owns-what noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/dora-metrics-measure-engineering-performance You track deployments. But do you know if your team is getting faster? Archyl now computes DORA metrics — Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, Change Failure Rate, and Mean Time to Restore — directly from your release history, at the project and organization level. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/dora-metrics-measure-engineering-performance noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-as-code-define-your-c4-model-in-yaml We just shipped the feature that turns architecture documentation into a first-class citizen of your codebase. Meet archyl.yaml — a declarative DSL that describes your complete C4 model, lives in Git, goes through code review, and syncs automatically via CI/CD. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/architecture-as-code-define-your-c4-model-in-yaml noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/webhooks-real-time-notifications-for-architecture-changes Your architecture changes constantly — systems get added, components evolve, ADRs get written, releases ship. Now you can get notified the moment any of it happens. Archyl Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/webhooks-real-time-notifications-for-architecture-changes noreply@archyl.com (Vincent) https://www.archyl.com/blog/technology-radar-visualize-your-tech-landscape Archyl now tracks the technologies powering your architecture. Attach languages, frameworks, databases, and tools to any C4 element, then explore your entire tech landscape on an interactive radar — filtered by adoption level, categorized by quadrant, with deep links back to every element that uses them. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.archyl.com/blog/technology-radar-visualize-your-tech-landscape noreply@archyl.com (Vincent)