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Show HN: Cloudcraft – Create AWS diagrams

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Post by Rezo » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:04 PM UTC

Show HN: Cloudcraft – Create AWS diagrams
cloudcraft.co

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Post by mej10 » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:26 PM UTC

Looks cool! I am going to draw out some diagrams using this next week.

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Post by cddotdotslash » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:28 PM UTC

This kind of tool was sorely needed. I've used countless online diagraming tools with support for AWS icons and every one takes an unnecessarily long amount of time to get working. I ultimately settled on making my own diagrams in PowerPoint using the AWS PPT template. This tool is much easier to use and makes things look great without much effort.

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Post by Rezo » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:29 PM UTC

cddotdotslash wrote: post #3

This kind of tool was sorely needed. I've used countless online diagraming tools with support for AWS icons and every one takes an unnecessarily long amount of time to get working. I ultimately settled on making my own diagrams in PowerPoint using the AWS PPT template. This tool is much easier to use and makes things look great without much effort.

Thanks! I think by focusing solely on AWS instead of trying to create a generic diagram drawing tool it's possible to create a much better experience.

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Post by joeyspn » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:32 PM UTC

Am I the only one who thinks that adding a CloudFormation export (json) to this tool would be awesome?

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Post by Rezo » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:33 PM UTC

joeyspn wrote: post #5

Am I the only one who thinks that adding a CloudFormation export (json) to this tool would be awesome?

It's on the roadmap :) https://trello.com/b/mv14mX1U/cloudcraft-roadmap

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:34 PM UTC

Rezo wrote: post #4

cddotdotslash wrote: post #3

This kind of tool was sorely needed. I've used countless online diagraming tools with support for AWS icons and every one takes an unnecessarily long amount of time to get working. I ultimately settled on making my own diagrams in PowerPoint using the AWS PPT template. This tool is much easier to use and makes things look great without much effort.

Thanks! I think by focusing solely on AWS instead of trying to create a generic diagram drawing tool it's possible to create a much better experience.

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Post by discordianfish » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:35 PM UTC

Rezo wrote: post #6

joeyspn wrote: post #5

Am I the only one who thinks that adding a CloudFormation export (json) to this tool would be awesome?

It's on the roadmap :) https://trello.com/b/mv14mX1U/cloudcraft-roadmap

CloudFormation import would be great as well!

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Post by joeyspn » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:36 PM UTC

Rezo wrote: post #6

joeyspn wrote: post #5

Am I the only one who thinks that adding a CloudFormation export (json) to this tool would be awesome?

It's on the roadmap :) https://trello.com/b/mv14mX1U/cloudcraft-roadmap

Great! cloudcraft looks way better than CF Designer..

https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/details/#designer

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Post by Rezo » Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 3:37 PM UTC

A word of warning, the UI doesn't work too well on mobile devices yet, it's sized for desktops. I hope to fix this in the near future.

Here's an actual screenshot kindly posted by Jeff Barr of what the UI looks like https://twitter.com/jeffbarr/status/674357220847443968