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+# Architecture
+If you want to understand the high-level architecture of helvum,
+this document is the right place.
+
+It provides a birds-eye view of the general architecture, and also goes into details on some
+components like the view.
+
+# Top Level Architecture
+Helvum uses an architecture with the components laid out like this:
+
+```
+┌──────┐
+│ View │
+└────┬─┘
+ Λ   ┆
+ │<───── updates view
+ │   ┆
+ │   ┆<─────────────── notifies of user input (using callbacks)
+ │   ┆
+ │   ┆
+ │   ┆
+ │   V           notifies of remote changes
+┌┴───────────┐        (using callbacks)      ┌─────────────────────┐
+│            │<╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤                     │
+│ Controller │                               │ Pipewire Connection │
+│            ├──────────────────────────────>│                     │
+└┬───────────┘   Request changes to remote   └─────────────────────┘
+ │                                                      Λ
+ │                                                      ║
+ │<─── updates/reads state            Communicates ───> ║
+ │                                                      ║
+ V                                                      ║
+┌───────┐                                               V
+│ State │                                   [ Remote Pipewire Server ]
+└───────┘
+```
+
+The `Controller` struct is the centerpiece of this architecture.
+It registers callbacks with the `PipewireConnection` struct to get notified of any changes
+on the remote.
+
+For each change it is notified of, it updates the view to reflect those changes, and additionally memorizes anything it might need later in the state.
+
+Additionally, a user may also make changes using the view.
+For each change, the view notifies the controller by invoking callbacks registered on it.
+The controller will then request the pipewire connection to make those changes on the remote. \
+These changes will then be applied to the view like any other remote changes as explained above.
+
+## Control flow
+Most of the time, the program will sit idle in a gtk event processing loop.
+
+For any changes made using the view, gtk will emit an event on some widget, which will result in a closure on that widget being called, and in turn the controller being updated.
+
+On the other hand, we may receive updates from the remote pipewire server at any moment. \
+To process these changes, the gtk event loop is set up to trigger a roundtrip on the pipewire
+connection on an interval. During this roundtrip, we process all events sent to us by the pipewire server and notify the controller of them.
+
+# View Architecture
+TODO
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