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Ask HN: What do you use to write/draw your software/cloud architecture?

• fartbagxp 10y ago
  I'm curious as to what HN is using since I usually do it my way. I usually stick with what I know, such as powerpoint, but I have a difficult time making it look professional. I love the README files in markdown in any git repository that are pretty descriptive on what their architectures are.
• albasha 10y ago
  CloudFormation
• nwrk 10y ago
  Visio, but been looking recently around what's new. Moving from 'drawing/clicking' to writing helped a lot. Since then using: (paid) https://cloudcraft.co/ https://cloudcraft.co/ https://textografo.com/ https://textografo.com/ (open source) https://knsv.github.io/mermaid/ https://knsv.github.io/mermaid/
  • fartbagxp 10y ago
    Woah, cloudcraft looks very interesting. Thanks!
  • hanniabu 10y ago
    Cloudcraft does look pretty awesome, seems like great interface and tooling.....are there any downsides or disappointments you've had since using it?
  • stephenr 10y ago
    Mermaid looks great, thanks for the reference.
• MalcolmDiggs 10y ago
  I use Lucidchart because they have a lot of AWS-specific icons built in, so mapping out the guts of a VPC is really easy.
  • a_lifters_life 10y ago
    +1 this, i feel like a sales rep when I talk to people about it.
  • giaour 10y ago
    Aren't those the same icons AWS publishes for Visio/PPT/etc? https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-aws-simple-icons-for-your-architecture-diagrams/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-aws-simple-icon...
    • MalcolmDiggs 10y ago
      Oh wow, I never realized that. Yes, I do believe you're right!
• palidanx 10y ago
  I use cacoo.com