61 points ttd | 1 comments | 12 Mar 25 14:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.274s | source

I've been working on a diagramming tool [1] and wanted to get some thoughts from people who regularly make architecture and other technical diagrams. I know my own experiences but I'm quite curious to hear others.

I'm guessing for a lot of people draw.io and Excalidraw are probably the go-to. If you use draw.io (or something else), what do you like about it, or what do you wish was better?

[1] - https://app.vexlio.com/ for the curious

1. rednafi ◴[15 Mar 25 04:54 UTC] No.43370087[source]▶

>>43343473 (OP) #

I like Mermaid[1], but can’t be bothered to learn the syntax. So, most of the time, I ask LLMs to generate the scaffolding and work from that.

For freehand drawing, to me, nothing beats Excalidraw[2]. I use it for pretty much everything—from system design work to planning a project and explaining a concept. Such a wonderful tool from the Czech Republic.

[1]: https://mermaid.js.org/

[2]: https://excalidraw.com/

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