Create system diagrams with Go

Re:Create system diagrams with Go by jjnoakes on Sunday September 27, 2020 @02:18PM (#24608857)

One thing I like about textual diagramming tools (in code like this project or in a markup dsl) is I can version control and diff changes.

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Re:Create system diagrams with Go by amirkdv on Sunday September 27, 2020 @02:23PM (#24608900)

Fair! Do you build workflows around the diffs themselves (collaborate, review, update)? I can already put my svgs in version control and have history/versions. But I've never felt compelled to look at a textual diff of viz code.

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Re:Create system diagrams with Go by jjnoakes on Monday September 28, 2020 @09:59AM (#24616652)

Yes, absolutely.

SVG is lower level than I'd want to do this with though - instead of comparing things like individual paths and fill colors, a dsl at the right abstraction level lets you compare things like adding a server to a load balancer in a network topology diagram.

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