When I do architecture diagrams (not that often), my audience is usually non-technical people. I personally rarely see value in them, because they tend to blur

When I do architecture diagrams (not that often), my audience is usually non-technical people. I personally rarely see value in them, because they tend to blur different levels of abstractions as well as current and anticipated realities. I can't remember when I saw one and thought it was a useful tool to understand a system. For story telling, they're sometimes useful to me.