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Ask HN: Where are all the cool architecture diagrams?

• BOOSTERHIDROGEN 5y ago
  https://terrastruct.com/ https://terrastruct.com/
  • metadat 5y ago
    How is this better than PowerPoint?
    • spoonjim 5y ago
      PowerPoint is a drawing/layout app, not a diagramming app, and if you create a chart with three load balanced nodes and want to change it to four you are in for 15 minutes of work.
• ashik0 5y ago
  Anything isometric really appeals to my eye. There was a company I saw a few years ago integrating isometric systems architecture diagrams with real-time health status. It could’ve been something like https://www.cloudcraft.co/ https://www.cloudcraft.co/ but I didn’t bookmark it back then.
• liveoneggs 5y ago
  that's the problem with diagrams - they are outdated immediately
• Khelavaster 5y ago
  661+ cool architecture diagrams: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/browse/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/browse/
  • perryizgr8 5y ago
    Looks very pleasing. I wonder what they use to create these.
    • cocoa19 5y ago
      Probably Visio https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-azure-diagrams-in-visio-efbb25e7-c80e-42e1-b1ad-7ef630ff01b7#OfficeVersion=Windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-azure-diag...
• LindaMo 5y ago
• shoo 5y ago
  probably not what you're after -- there are some pretty cool maps of network infrastructure. think less "high level cartoon of logical architecture of web-app playing bingo with managed cloud services" and more "telecommunication network cables and equipment superimposed on geographical map of the area being served"
• nickporter 5y ago
  I am on the hunt as well. This seems useful, not the prettiest but not the worst: https://diagrams.mingrammer.com https://diagrams.mingrammer.com
• justinludwig 5y ago
  Here's a few you might like: https://www.procustodibus.com/blog/tag/cloud/ https://www.procustodibus.com/blog/tag/cloud/
• aiobe 5y ago
  Have a look at https://www.datamesh-architecture.com https://www.datamesh-architecture.com Using icons makes a difference. created with draw.io sloppy style.
• bwhaley 5y ago
  Perhaps you’d like the Gruntwork reference architecture diagram made with CloudCraft: https://gruntwork.io/reference-architecture/ https://gruntwork.io/reference-architecture/
• jeffybefffy519 5y ago
  Draw.io is good and flexible
• BerislavLopac 5y ago
  I have long thought of making a software tool for interactive C4 diagrams [0], but just a few weeks ago a colleague has discovered IcePanel [1], which is exactly that. [0] https://c4model.com/ https://c4model.com/ [1] https://icepanel.io/ https://icepanel.io/
• d--b 5y ago
  Someone posted that the other day and it looks pretty good: https://www.onemodel.app/ https://www.onemodel.app/