Show HN: Private, text to entity-relationship diagram tool

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Post by npack » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 3:49 PM UTC

Show HN: Private, text to entity-relationship diagram tool
databasediagram.com

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Post by davidktr » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:06 PM UTC

This looks fantastic, exactly what I needed last time I worked with DBs and could not find. Hope to be using it soon.

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Post by verelo » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

Love it, is there any way to make it a little more fuzzy. Ie pk works but "primary key" doesnt, uint works, but "integer unsigned" doesnt?

Great idea for helping teams communicate.

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Post by shizcakes » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

We've been using https://dbdiagram.io/, which also has an open-source markup language: https://github.com/holistics/dbml

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Post by fallingmeat » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:17 PM UTC

neato! anyone interested in a collab on a more generic natural language graph making tool (think GoJS powered by LLM to make SysML diagrams etc). Demo of api here, I cant do front end, it is a weakness…

https://grapher.baselines.cloud/

hit me up on linkedin: /in/thenatefisher

Re: Show HN: Private, text to entity-relationship diagram tool

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Post by vegarab » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:21 PM UTC

I'm not too familiar with ER-diagrams -- how does this compare to Mermaid? https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/entityRelationshipDiagram.html

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Post by yieldcrv » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:21 PM UTC

lpt: ask chatgpt or other sufficient LLMs for catchy domain name variations. I specifically ask for "in web 2.0 style".

I crank out short catchy brand names and domain names at far greater efficacy now, steers my thoughts really well if I’m not outright taking the first suggestion verbatim

Re: Show HN: Private, text to entity-relationship diagram tool

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Post by ASalazarMX » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:24 PM UTC

vegarab wrote: post #6

I'm not too familiar with ER-diagrams -- how does this compare to Mermaid? https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/entityRelationshipDiagram.html

Compare the examples in the post against the official Mermaid examples[0]. The syntax seems much simpler.

0. https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/entityRelationshipDiagram.html

Re: Show HN: Private, text to entity-relationship diagram tool

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Post by ASalazarMX » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:26 PM UTC

verelo wrote: post #3

Love it, is there any way to make it a little more fuzzy. Ie pk works but "primary key" doesnt, uint works, but "integer unsigned" doesnt? Great idea for helping teams communicate.

IMO I'd rather they kept the syntax strict and simple. Fuzzyness would add unnecesary complexity.

Re: Show HN: Private, text to entity-relationship diagram tool

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Post by verelo » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:30 PM UTC

ASalazarMX wrote: post #9

verelo wrote: post #3

Love it, is there any way to make it a little more fuzzy. Ie pk works but "primary key" doesnt, uint works, but "integer unsigned" doesnt? Great idea for helping teams communicate.

IMO I'd rather they kept the syntax strict and simple. Fuzzyness would add unnecesary complexity.

Maybe an auto-complete or auto correct feature, or even syntax highlighting? I just found myself exploring for the right way to type and jumped to the solution of fuzziness which i agree, might not be ideal.