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@@ -6,6 +6,43 @@ Staging contains an unchanged copy of production todo data. Treat staging hosts,
 
 ## Architecture
 
+```mermaid
+flowchart TB
+    client([HTTP clients])
+
+    subgraph cloud[Hetzner Cloud]
+        lb[Hetzner Load Balancer]
+
+        subgraph network[Private Network 10.0.0.0/16]
+            subgraph prod[Production VM - Rocky Linux 10]
+                prod_app[Go App<br/>Rootless Podman]
+                prod_db[(PostgreSQL<br/>127.0.0.1:5432)]
+                prod_app -->|Local connection| prod_db
+            end
+
+            subgraph staging[Staging VM - Rocky Linux 10]
+                staging_app[Go App<br/>Rootless Podman]
+                staging_db[(PostgreSQL<br/>127.0.0.1:5432)]
+                staging_app -->|Local connection| staging_db
+            end
+        end
+
+        storage[(Hetzner Object Storage<br/>S3-compatible bucket)]
+    end
+
+    client -->|Port 80| lb
+    lb -->|10.0.1.10:8080| prod_app
+    prod_db -->|WAL archive and hourly base backup| storage
+    storage -->|Restore LATEST at 06:00 and 12:00| staging_db
+
+    classDef production fill:#fee2e2,stroke:#b91c1c,color:#7f1d1d,stroke-width:2px;
+    classDef stagingEnv fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#1d4ed8,color:#1e3a8a,stroke-width:2px;
+    class prod_app,prod_db production;
+    class staging_app,staging_db stagingEnv;
+    style prod fill:#fff1f2,stroke:#b91c1c,stroke-width:2px
+    style staging fill:#eff6ff,stroke:#1d4ed8,stroke-width:2px
+```
+
 - The load balancer accepts HTTP on port 80 and reaches production on `10.0.1.10:8080` over the private network.
 - The Go application runs as the rootless `todo` user through Quadlet-generated `app-todo.service` with host networking.
 - PostgreSQL listens only on `127.0.0.1:5432`; the cloud firewall does not expose it.