System Architecture¶

High-level overview of the Musingly platform architecture, component relationships, and documentation workflow.

Overview¶

The platform is composed of three primary layers:

• Frontend applications — User-facing interfaces built on shared component libraries.
• Backend services — Independent microservices communicating through an API gateway.
• Shared libraries — Common utilities consumed by both frontend and backend layers.

Documentation for each layer is maintained alongside its source code and aggregated here through Git submodules.

System Diagram¶

graph TB
    A[Frontend Applications] --> B[API Gateway]
    B --> C[Backend Services]
    C --> D[Database Layer]
    C --> E[External Services]
    F[Shared Libraries] --> A
    F --> C
    G[Documentation Hub] --> H[Git Submodules]
    H --> I[Frontend Repos]
    H --> J[Backend Repos]
    H --> K[Library Repos]

Documentation Workflow¶

Changes to service documentation flow into this site automatically:

graph LR
    A[Source Repos] --> B[Git Hooks]
    B --> C[Update Submodules]
    C --> D[Build Documentation]
    D --> E[Deploy to GitHub Pages]
    F[Local Development] --> G[Manual Build]
    G --> D

1. Developers update documentation in their respective repositories.
2. Post-commit hooks trigger submodule sync in this repository.
3. This repository rebuilds the unified site.
4. The built site deploys to GitHub Pages.

Technical Stack¶

Further Reading¶

• Architecture Decision Records — Rationale behind significant design choices.
• Diagram Library — Full collection of system diagrams.