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Ask HN: What do you use to create diagrams?

61 points ttd | 1 comments | 12 Mar 25 14:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | 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. mkl ◴[15 Mar 25 10:17 UTC] No.43371471[source]▶
I generally use TikZ or Inkscape, or occasionally Asymptote, depending on the context.

Some quick notes about your app:

- No touch zoom/pan. Apart from that it worked okay on a Galaxy Note phone with the pen.

- I managed to make a shape vanish by (I think) rotating it quickly. I couldn't repeat that.

- The polyline selection seems quite broken. Draw a shape, then draw a polyline around it. Now you can't select the first shape, even though it's not obscured by anything.