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Re:Show HN: Terrastruct – A Diagramming Tool for Systems by vinodkd on Sunday January 05, 2020 @01:06AM (#21959968)
Do you mean something like Netflix Vizceral[1]? The problem with using data is that there's usually too much of it, and at that point you do end up with a graph that only something like graphviz can layout.

I know what you mean though; but it has to be IMO just enough data, that can then be tweaked by a human to help with the key purpose of such diagrams - human understanding.

1: https://github.com/Netflix/vizceral

Re:Show HN: Terrastruct – A Diagramming Tool for Systems by wokwokwok on Sunday January 05, 2020 @03:48AM (#21960360)
That’s my point; it’s clearly not an easy problem to solve, but it has inherent value over other diagramming tools if you can solve it.