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Diagrams mentions (45)

• Dynamically generate Cloud System Architecture diagram

  That’s another option: https://diagrams.mingrammer.com Guessing with IaC done with Pulumi (Python) and this, it could pretty powerful and automatically generated. Source: about 1 year ago

• Top 7 diagrams as code tools for software architecture

  Diagrams allow you to draw cloud system architectures using Python code. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• Do you like to draw while explaining stuff?

  I use excalidraw a lot for short conversations. If I have to go into major detail I use diagrams https://diagrams.mingrammer.com. Source: over 1 year ago

• Architecture diagrams should be code

  In our team, we use https://diagrams.mingrammer.com to create architectural or dataflow diagrams in our docs via code. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Help with diagrams as code

  I'm using Diagrams (https://diagrams.mingrammer.com/) to create some AWS diagrams, does anyone know how I can add a block of text to a node (trying to add firewall table source and destination)? Source: over 1 year ago

Pencil Project mentions (11)

• Uizard: Figma alternative with low learning curve

  I am a software developer, so doing UX is never my strength. From time to time though, I would resort to using the open source tool Pencil (https://pencil.evolus.vn/) to get a low fidelity mock-up. Lately I've been encountering bugs where images would come out broken when I re-open my wireframe in Pencil. Frustrated of the issue on Pencil, I tried out uizard yesterday, and have been really happy with it. It's... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Quick UI-design tool for mockups?

  Thanks for your replies. I checked some of them out, but I found one on my own that fits me perfectly: Pencil. Source: over 1 year ago

• Best practice to draw/describe UIs in plain text?

  I wouldn't use text to illustrate a GUI. We use Pencil with the crayon-styled stencils to make quick mockups. The crayon styling makes it clear that they're just mockups so people don't poke at the style aspects of the design. We've gotten great feedback from our clients that these are effective illustrations too. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Simple tool for network documentation?

  I use MS Visio at work and Pencil (free) at home. Source: almost 2 years ago

• A blog web design with Inkscape, what do you think about it?

  Thank you ! Of the ones I have tested, the only one that really works is Pencil, unfortunately, it lacks a lot of functionalities, and it is still far from being as practical as Figma, adobe xd etc. I think Inkscape is much more practical and powerful, but maybe it's just because I'm used to it :). Source: over 2 years ago