We sometimes use Monodraw [1] for that in our team and it really made a difference. It's always great to get a top-down perspective on the topology / architectu

We sometimes use Monodraw [1] for that in our team and it really made a difference. It's always great to get a top-down perspective on the topology / architecture at the beginning of a complex program. [1] https://monodraw.helftone.com https://monodraw.helftone.com Example copied from a program that fetches data from somewhere and prepares it and mounts it as a fuse file system: /* ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌─────────────┐│ │ │ ││ │ ┌──memory───◀───┼───┬──────┐ ││ │ │main thread│ │ │parser│ ││ │ └───────────┴───┼───▶──────┘ ││ │ │ ▲ │ │ ▲ ││ │ │ │ │ │ │ ││ │ │ │ │ │ │ ││ │ ▼─│ │ │ │ ││ │ ;20s: │ │ │ ││ │ : ; │ │ │ ││ │ ╲ ▲ │ ▼─│ ││ │ │'│ └────;120s────┘│ │┌─────────┼─┼────────┐ ┌──▶: ;───┐ │ ││ ┌────▼─┴────┐ │ │ ╲ ╱ │ │ ││ │fast memory│ │ │ ' │ │ ││ │main thread│ │ │ Λ │ │ ││ └─┬───────▲─┘ │ │ ╱ ╲ │ │ ││ │ │ │ │ ╱ ╲ │ │ ││ ┌─▼─fuse──┴─┐ │ └── ◀─┘ │ ││ │controller │ │ beacon │ ││ └─┬───────▲─┘ │ ╲ ╱ │ ││ │ │ │ V │ │└──────┼───────┼─────┘ │ │┌──────▼───────┴─────┐ │ ││ fuse <> kernel │ │ │└────────────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ */ (screenshot of comment without the HN formatting issues: https://i.imgur.com/YOaysWn.png https://i.imgur.com/YOaysWn.png)