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The diagrams on this page are FANTASTIC. The dat homepage[1] is also nicely done. It would be interesting to see how much and how it's being used. Since there
by tln 7y ago
The diagrams on this page are FANTASTIC.
The dat homepage[1] is also nicely done. It would be interesting to see how much and how it's being used. Since there is a central tracker does anyone know if there are stats available?
[1]: https://dat.foundation/ https://dat.foundation/
- deaddodo 7y agoI agree. This is one of the best, modern protocol documentations I've seen. I've been tempted to redo old, but critical RFCs (FTP, HTTP, PNG, TCP, IP, etc) in a similar manner.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoI would pay good money for well thoughtout docs on all those protocols including HTTP, DNS, how they relate to mdns / avahi / bonjour and other modern implementations and differ as well as the IRC protocol. I would love to read RFCs front to back but I learn by talking with someone about tech or just seeing schematics / diagrams and pics and then lastly sheer experience.
- dmitriid 7y agoFor HTTP I highly recommend https://github.com/for-GET/http-decision-diagram/blob/master/doc/README.md https://github.com/for-GET/http-decision-diagram/blob/master... Scroll to Overview and then there are links to each section in the diagram
- pg_is_a_butt 7y agodo you know how to spell referrer?
- marvindanig 7y agoGreat on desktop, unreadable on mobile though.
- social_quotient 7y agoAny specific tooling generating these or just a good designer?
- euroclydon 7y agoThey could be done easily with Excel.
- aisidun 7y agoLooking at the site repo, they are SVGs generated by Inkscape, so likely drawn by hand by a good designer.
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- nanomonkey 7y agoDuncan Keall is just talented. He also did the Scuttlebutt Protocol guide (https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/ https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/). Here is a blog post describing how it was made: https://blog.datproject.org/2019/01/21/how-dat-works/ https://blog.datproject.org/2019/01/21/how-dat-works/
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- guessmyname 7y agoProps to Duncan Keall for creating the diagrams [1][2]. > Duncan is a technical writer and illustrator interested in internet infrastructure, peer-to-peer protocols and net art. [1] https://blog.datproject.org/2019/01/21/how-dat-works/ https://blog.datproject.org/2019/01/21/how-dat-works/ [2] https://github.com/datprotocol/how-dat-works/commits?author=vtduncan https://github.com/datprotocol/how-dat-works/commits?author=...
- ChristianBundy 7y agoHe's great! He also did the Scuttlebutt protocol guide: https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/ https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/
- kaycebasques 7y agoWhat is it about the diagrams that you find to be high-quality? I’m a technical writer and just curious about what stands out to readers.
- jcims 7y agoLow noise, small palette, straight lines, good use of space. Basically textbook Tufte philosophy with a good eye for proportion/symmetry/rhythm. The scuttlebutt doc linked elsewhere in here is even more impressive IMHO. Kuodos to the designer.
- bborud 7y agoI was going to comment on the same thing. I’m squinting at my mobile phone screen so I bookmarked the site so I can check it later on a proper screen indoors. It just looked so good I thought I’d heck back later to learn something about lovely documentation:)