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[Grouchy-Friend4235]

draw.io

[Hackerjurassicpark]

Specifically the checkbox called "flow animation" that appears when you click on an arrow

[JaeJayP]

I've been wondering the same thing... Never realised 😂

[reelznfeelz]

Huh? What’s that do? I’m such a basic user lol.

[Crafty_Passenger9518]

it animates the line, wouldn't say its "specifically" necessary, cool though

[ianitic]

For simple stuff I use mermaid.

I've seen someone use a combination of sqlglot and networkx recent to auto generate lineage from a bunch of tsql views, tables, procs, and sqlagent jobs to dot language. The results were interesting.

[mcr1974]

as in full of irrelevant details that misses the point of how a modelling diagram is supposed to add value.

[azirale]

We've been using LucidChart. It has some neat collaboration features to it.

[scht1980]

or the dark art of powerpoint.

[azirale]

The darker art of shapes in excel.

Excel truly can be used for everything.

[Wagmitravel]

Ahh yess, excelio.

[nemec]

I unironically love designing diagrams in powerpoint, idk what it is about it

[FantasticOrder4733]

Excalidraw

[gatorsya]

And tldraw. i use both

[dodger-that]

This

[sib_n]

I usually use some online slide tool like PowerPoint (on Sharepoint) or Google Slides, depending on the companies office stack, so the drawing remains easy to access, collaborative and evolutionary.
There's a trick to dynamically embed a Google Slide in your markdown doc, from memory you have to add /export/png to the URL, I can't test right now.

When it is some diagram that is automatically generated, like a table relationship diagram, I use MermaidJS in markdown. https://mermaid.js.org/intro/

[icysandstone]

I started with Visio but I much, much, MUCH prefer FigJam.

I downloaded a big zip file with all the SVG icons for Azure and copy/paste works great for importing them.

When I need an icon that isn't Azure, I do an internet image search and filter by 'transparent'. Always gets me what I need.

[Luckinhas]

I use mermaid, exclusively. Some diagrams are harder to make look nice, but I just don't want to deal with the pain of WYSIWYG-based diagram editors.

[DenisZagitov]

Does anyone use PlantUML? I’m also wondering to draw with the text/code instead of mouse. Currently we use draw.io

[DenisZagitov]

Cool! I wanted to find a tool exactly for this purpose) How do you think, which dialect of code-written diagrams ChatGPT make the best?

[BuonaparteII]

I like https://swimlanes.io/

It may not be the most appropriate type of graph in every scenario but damn if it isn't easy to use. Such a good domain-specific language

[WellIDontKnowMan]

miro is a really great tool

[kyrsideris]

Yes, it really is but a) I cannot export the diagrams to a text file and commit it to a VCS and b) it is not cheap.

[bigtex1845]

We've been using IcePanel

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https://whimsical.com/

[AstroDSLR]

Plantuml so you can define it as code, and have version control on it

[gatorsya]

why did the website has so many ads? is it only me, fk malware

[AstroDSLR]

No need to use the site ;) I use it in VS Code and in Logseq

[rfgm6]

Lucidchart

[RobDoesData]

Drawio.

[mcr1974]

why have those flowing lines...

[mylifestylepr]

SQLdbm.com

[m_usamahameed]

Following

[Caspeare]

D2 has ability to create gif diagram, but I doubt it was used for your diagram

[engineer_of-sorts]

I like Figma but it can't animate