markmanx

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   by markmanx 2y ago

   After 3 years of tinkering, experimenting, and late-night coding sessions, my isometric diagramming tool - Isoflow.io - has officially hit v3! This project has been my creative outlet for simplifying how we explain complex systems. And now,
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   by markmanx 2y ago

   I took 6 months off to work on a side project and build a business out of it. It was one of the best things I've ever done. The job I got straight after was a direct result of my side project. Although the business did not thrive, I le
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   Show HN: Isoflow.io – Text-to-Diagram v1

   5 points by markmanx 2y ago|3 comments
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   One week into open-sourcing my side project Isoflow

   2 points by markmanx 4y ago|0 comments
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   Isoflow is going open source

   10 points by markmanx 4y ago|1 comments
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   How an Amazon order gets fulfilled(isoflow.io)

   2 points by markmanx 4y ago|0 comments
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   by markmanx 6y ago

   Thankyou, more icons released just a few mins ago.
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   by markmanx 6y ago

   I'd be really interested to hear which icons you're missing. I'm actually just about to push an update that will add a few more icons to the library (i.e. queues, caches, DNS etc). Expect those over the next few hours. Wil
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   by markmanx 6y ago

   Architecture diagrams should be easy to read and easy to maintain. This is exactly why I'm building https://isoflow.io
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    by markmanx 6y ago

    Thanks for the advice, I'm currently updating the data structure and will keep this in mind
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    by markmanx 6y ago

    Good point. Would a JSON import / export feature help, so you can save and load your data locally without it ever having to touch the server?
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    by markmanx 6y ago

    Good point. If this is a big concern, I'm happy to enable data export as JSON. Of course, you'd still need a visualiser that can read the data structure and display appropriate icons, but at least you'd have the raw data.
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    by markmanx 6y ago

    Thanks for the feedback cloudking, will add this to the feature request list.
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    by markmanx 6y ago

    Hi devonkim, Thanks for checking out Isoflow, I'd love to know more about how you use diagrams in your work. The intention is to take Isoflow in the direction you're describing (i.e. being able to show different processes on top
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    by markmanx 6y ago

    Thanks Jeswin. I'm using Mithril for the UI and Paperjs for the actual diagram editor.