Show HN: OneModel – Diagramming tailor-made for Software Engineers

this is a nice start. congrats i imagine v2 will have real-time connections to services that are mapped.

Just came back here after trying this out in earnest today. I've decided it's the best software diagramming tool I've ever used.

What I liked best is that OneModel doesn't get in your way. It does the ugly aligning and routing of arrows so that your model stays beautiful. I really only sat down to play around with it. But after two hours, I had fully diagrammed my new project including every module and component. It's probably also the best looking software architecture diagram, and perhaps the most easily-read, that I've ever made.

OneModel is really enjoyable to use. The quick feedback of getting to something readable and pleasing inspires you to continue completing and improving your diagram. It's easy to get into the "flow state" that's critical for this kind of work, like programming itself.

My only requests would be custom icons and/or coloring of existing icons. But I was able to get everything I needed by just renaming the components it has.

Awesome job. Something I would pay for. The next diagram I want to make is a state model. I think the auto-routing arrows will be a huge plus.

That's a good point IMO and that's why I still find nomnoml my favorite https://nomnoml.com/.

However, nomnoml is more like UML tool than diagramming tool like OneModel. So a big issue could be how to keep all the icons in the text format. With SVGs, the file would be big/or would include some extra assets folder, or with the links directly hosted on OneModel, the file would be tightly coupled.