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		Scubabear68 on Jan 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Architecture diagrams should be code I have found arch-diagrams-as-code tools do not allow me the freedom to emphasize important architecture bits the way I want them to. My most successful tool for diagramming to date has been…Keynote of all things. Yes, they will get out of date and stale, but they still serve the purpose as a communications tool.

ilyt on Jan 12, 2023 [–]

And the tweaking they require for some more complex stuff means it might be actually quicker to draw it vs "code" it.

Even the most popular tools like PlantUML can't seem to figure out simple things like "do not draw text directly on the line"...

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