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I clicked the link hoping to see beautiful diagrams to impress my colleagues, but it didn't spark joy. I much prefer the aesthetic of graphviz/google drawings/
by munro 3y ago
I clicked the link hoping to see beautiful diagrams to impress my colleagues, but it didn't spark joy. I much prefer the aesthetic of graphviz/google drawings/LaTeX/ggplot2.
I think the author is too focused on details that aren't noticed, while the spacing/padding, colors, font, and font size they're using are ridiculous... Practically speaking, if you were to present this it would be illegible.
- 8organicbits 3y agoThe answer may be in the last paragraph, this is the first of a series.
- dpflan 3y agoNo this article has merely highlighted that when you do design things you have to improve it — like group things when it gets too cluttered. The designs and thoughts are simple discoveries one makes when making diagrams. As one can tell these designs are bare minimum blocks connected by lines and grouped visually because it gets crowded. Part 2 is about adding colors and yet more things to this current design that are discoverable by using any existing drawing tool (draw.io, lucid, figma, even MS Paint).
- walterbell 3y agoSample code and generated images for several tools: https://text-to-diagram.com https://text-to-diagram.com
- bloopernova 3y agoThat's really useful, thank you for sharing it. D2 looks to be pretty good compared to the others.
- Veuxdo 3y agoBe advised that the company behind the linked site (Terrastruct) are also behind D2.