Ask HN: What software/app do you wish would exist?

Re:Ask HN: What software/app do you wish would exist? by aeternum on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:01PM (#21403901)

A decent online diagram creator. One that handles the layout in an automatic way, making it easy to insert new intermediate nodes without dragging everything around manually. Creating a good architecture diagram is currently an exercise in tedium. Many tools don't even snap / route arrows well.

Would be great if it allows data entry via either text or graphical UI. Basically, a modern version of DOT and DOTTY.

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Re:Ask HN: What software/app do you wish would exist? by wsgolfer on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:51PM (#21404653)

Have you seen PlantUML [1]? You create your diagrams in text in their DSL which is fairly intuitive.

There’s a hosted version of the rendering engine here [2] though it’s easy enough to run locally.

[1] http://plantuml.com/

[2] https://www.planttext.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What software/app do you wish would exist? by MithrilTuxedo on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:03PM (#21404711)

Since you mention DOT (the GraphViz format, right?) have you tried viz-js?

http://viz-js.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What software/app do you wish would exist? by ftio on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:02PM (#21404699)

For flowcharts, check out code2flow.com. (I'm unaffiliated — just a fan!)

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