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Spec-Driven Architecture: When Agents Build, Architecture Must Speak

Spec-Driven Development gives agents a clear foundation for implementation. What it doesn’t solve is how a portfolio of systems stays coherent. Spec-Driven Architecture applies the same principle at the architecture level, using contracts as versioned boundaries and guarantees—enforceable in agentic workflows and in the CI/CD pipeline.

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Infrastructure in architectural documentation

Most people are familiar with the principles of good architecture documentation. However, the infrastructure often goes unnoticed or is only understood by a few “experts”. Especially with complex systems, it is important to record solution concepts and decisions at the infrastructure level of an application in order to be able to understand the architecture and further develop the software. This article is aimed at development teams that have difficulties integrating infrastructure topics into their documentation. It also offers insights for platform engineers and cross-functional teams who are responsible for their own infrastructure.

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Documenting software architecture with arc42

A brief introduction