Honestly, I think we use Google docs draw more than anything else. I don't love it, but it is group editable, has a permission system, good comments, and we can just paste urls in tickets and design documents. Many engineers simply use the draw tool in confluence, too. Trying to draw in markdown doesn't work, obviously.
Ask HN: What do you use for diagramming in software engineering?
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#12Just benchmarked a couple of web-based diagramming tools: LucidChart and draw.io
Both work, I ended up choosing LucidChart and we are now testing it with the team
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use whiteboarding too, but yeah, it's basically a snapshot / dump of institutional knowledge that resides in an individual's head. Updated my post to mention that I'm looking for something electronic / scalable
Depending upon the situation it can make sense to just take a picture of the whiteboard with a camera (or use a smartboard) and save that image somewhere. At that point the diagram isn't 'editable' per-say, but that can still be great solution.
There are definitely some apps in this space but unfortunately I don’t remember any, on top of my head now
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#14I have been using DOT diagrams a bit recently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_(graph_description_languag... - I like it because I can put into source control too
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#16When I left my previous employer several years ago I documented our infrastructure using Dia [1].
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#18I really like Microsoft Visio for this purpose, it has all of the nice auto alignment draw features you’d expect and it can really be used for anything from ultra formal process designs to sketching an idea.
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#19I like draw.io for most diagrams. Visio is good too, but I think it is too expensive.
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#20I use lucidcharts a little, it's pretty good for component models.
Primarily though I use sparx enterprise Architect. I've been told it's outdated, others don't like the ui, but honestly all my models are in one place, including wire frames and use cases. I enjoy use it. It's roadmap creation support I do not like, like a poor Gantt (at least last time I tried it)