Infrastructure Layer

The current Group View organizes actors by arbitrary tags (team, continent, kind). But a critical question in network visualization is "where does this actually run?" This cycle adds an Infrastructure Layer view that shows actors nested within their physical/logical network topology: Cloud → Region → Cluster → Namespace → Node → Pod.

Build infrastructure layer view with nested rugs visualizing the topology hierarchy (6 levels deep), including an external zone for actors without topology.

• dev/experiments/c9.infrastructure-layer/ — infrastructure layer implementation

• Two view modes: Group View (existing tag-based) and Infrastructure Layer View (new topology-based)
• Nested rugs visualize the topology hierarchy (6 levels deep)
• External zone for actors without topology (vendors, external services)
• View toggle with animated morph transitions between views
• Topology data stored as nested topology object in actor tags

Cycle became too complex with dual layout systems. Succeeded by c10 which focused specifically on pluggable layout strategies.