Ocean-lab

Design-first platform engineering for evolving systems

What Ocean-lab Is

Ocean-lab is a platform engineering and system design product that helps teams design, evolve, and generate microservice-based systems faster and more consistently.

Instead of starting from code, frameworks, or infrastructure choices, Ocean-lab starts from a clear system definition: domain models, APIs, workflows, integrations, deployment, and UI structure — all expressed in a structured, readable design language (DSL).

From this single source of truth, Ocean-lab can generate and keep in sync:

  • Backend services
  • APIs and contracts
  • Databases and migrations
  • Integration wiring (events, messaging, requests)
  • UI dashboards
  • Deployment artifacts (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Architecture and system diagrams

The result is less friction between design and implementation, and dramatically faster iteration as systems evolve.

The Problem Ocean-lab Solves

Most teams building microservice-based systems eventually face the same challenges:

  • Architecture decisions scattered across documents, diagrams, and code
  • System changes that are expensive and error-prone
  • Design artifacts drifting away from reality
  • Repeated internal tooling with little reuse
  • Developers spending more time wiring and refactoring than delivering value

Ocean-lab addresses these issues by treating system design as a first-class, executable asset — making architecture explicit, versioned, and enforceable.

Who It’s For

Ocean-lab is designed for teams operating in complex, evolving systems:

  • Mid–large enterprises modernizing existing platforms
  • Internal platform and architecture teams
  • Solution architects defining and governing system structure
  • Tech founders and startups building scalable systems from day one
  • Organizations operating at SCE-scale (multi-service, domain-driven systems)

Ocean-lab is not a no-code tool for non-technical users. It is expert-friendly tooling for teams who care about correctness, scale, and long-term maintainability.

Why Ocean-lab Is Different

Ocean-lab is not just a code generator, framework, diagramming tool, or low-code platform.

Design-first, not code-first
Architecture is defined once and drives everything downstream.

A single coherent system model
Domains, APIs, workflows, integrations, UI, and deployment are all part of one consistent design.

Technology-agnostic by design
Ocean-lab enforces a clear separation between system design and implementation technology. The DSL describes what the system is — not how it is implemented.

This allows teams to:

  • Switch databases without redefining domain models
  • Move from REST to event-driven messaging without redesigning workflows
  • Re-implement the same design across different stacks or environments

Technology becomes a replaceable implementation detail, not the foundation of the architecture.

Product Vision

Long-term, Ocean-lab aims to become:

  • A system design layer above frameworks and cloud providers
  • A shared language between architects, developers, and platform teams
  • A foundation for AI-assisted system evolution — not just code generation

Technology-agnostic

Ocean-lab sits above technology — defining the system once and allowing multiple implementations underneath.