These days, I am doing a lot of high-level systems architecture. I'm looking for a tool that strikes the right balance between speed of delivery and quality of diagram. What do you use?
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#2Whiteboard and then a design doc [1] on Google Docs.
[1] - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mffMF9FaUJ3WwRmKNJGMBxfn...
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#3I find that sequence diagrams can be really helpful when documenting systems. Here's a nifty web UI for creating them:
https://sequencediagram.org/
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#4Whimsical [1] is an amazing tool for creating system designs and sequence diagrams.
[1] - https://whimsical.com
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#5I've been using OmniGraffle[1] for that purpose for the past couple of years. Very satisfied with it.
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#6Lately I've been using SimpleDiagrams [1]. The sketch look and the simpler UI is a nice change from Visio.
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#7We’ve started to use PlantUML for diagrams on the systems and software team. It allows for the diagram source to be stored in version control and has built in support in our Wiki and VSCode.
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#8This doesn’t necessary answer your question but I use an iPad, Apple Pencil and Notability for all design and then usually write a document with included sketches where relevant.
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#9https://draw.io/ is great
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#10I like to use yed! It works for both flow charts and system organization charts.