Software as a service (SaaS) featuring a proprietary methodology for transforming governed semantic domain models into deterministic, executable software artifacts; providing an online platform that applies a semantic compilation process to produce traceable, reproducible software systems from formalized business domain knowledge; providing artificial intelligence-assisted semantic analysis and code generation services wherein software artifacts are derived from a governed canonical domain model; software as a service featuring tools for applying semantic compilation methodology to transform domain-driven design artifacts into deployable, serverless cloud software platforms; providing a named proprietary software development methodology, namely, Semantic Compilation, for use in legacy system modernization and model-driven software delivery.