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Re:Show HN: Code-to-ERD tool that only renders the tables yo... by lestev on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:59PM (#50448498)
Hi everyone,

It's my personal belief that this project can help students and industry specialists alike. However I am unsure how others might view this tool from a practical standpoint.

There are three main ideas behind this project which I think make it vastly different from all the others:

1. There's no proprietary syntax (we only render real syntaxes like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc…)

2. ERDs are rendered on the fly when you’re coding (there's no need to go to a separate tool to visualize the structure)

3. Finally, the tool only renders the tables a user is working with in the editor—it automatically traces the cursor to render exactly what the user is interested in at that moment (unlike the old approach of rendering giant warehouse schemas all at once).

Web: https://sqlestev.com

Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MishaLes...

Would appreciate the feedback.

Best, Misha