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DevOps automates delivery. Architecture governance enforces structure. Why you need both, and how an Architecture Control Plane fits in.

An Architecture Control Plane continuously validates and governs microservice architecture across environments. Why DevOps is not enough, and how a control plane for structure changes the game.

When people first encounter Elan8, a natural reaction is: 'Is this like Mermaid or PlantUML, but for architecture?' This article explains where diagramming tools excel — and why Elan8 exists alongside them, not in competition with them.

Software architecture is critical for complex systems, yet in practice it's often fragile and outdated. Architecture as Code applies modern software engineering principles to make architecture explicit, versionable, and checkable.