I may not be an orthodox user of UML, but I like it. Especially sequence diagrams, but also classes. I like it in the AMDD fashion: quick sketches to show only

I may not be an orthodox user of UML, but I like it. Especially sequence diagrams, but also classes. I like it in the AMDD fashion: quick sketches to show only important parts of a system (or part of it). Using it to generate classes or from classes is pointless to me: it must be an artifact in itself, choosing the right colors and symmetries to better represent what you're trying to convey that may not be obvious from the code, such that a bird eye view of a system or an interaction between systems, or parts of a system. Like many I was taught it, but I wasn't aware of its popularity or lack of it. I've used it and found it useful when stumbling upon it for something I have forgotten the inner workings of. And also: use cases diagram is very useful. Thinking in terms of actors is good.