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This is an indicator that you have either worked on systems that were not very complex, or work in an environment where cross-team collaboration is not necessar

This is an indicator that you have either worked on systems that were not very complex, or work in an environment where cross-team collaboration is not necessary. I won’t question your claim about your personal need, but if you believe such diagrams only serve control freak managers, you are closing your mind to the many other possible reasons that diagrams need to exist. This is anecdotal (so is your claim), but I have aphantasia - I cannot see with my mind. Diagrams are one of the only ways I can reason about some things that I cannot otherwise visualize in my head. People communicate, conceptualize and learn in different ways, and that has nothing to do with control-freak managers.

neolog 6y ago
Which diagramming tools have you found most useful?
- odipar 6y ago
  Yed has been serving me for almost 15 years. I think yed's layout algo's are the best in the industry. Also, the extensibility is great (even in the free versions).
vishnugupta 6y ago
> Diagrams are one of the only ways I can reason about some things that I cannot otherwise visualize in my head It’s very similar with me. When I’m grasping a new concept I spontaneously get a pen and paper and start drawing block diagrams to visual cause/effects, sequence of events/actions etc. Also when I’m trying to recall a concept, I have to draw a block diagram. Same when I’m explaining it to someone. I have to draw, otherwise I lose my chain of thought within a couple of sentences.