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Re: Monosketch

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Post by AdamH12113 »

Just used this to make a couple quick diagrams. It's easy to use and the diagrams export well. A couple suggestions for improvement:

1. When working with small rectangles, I had trouble getting the rectangle to move instead of enlarge. It looks like holding down the mouse button for a second makes moving more reliable. The UI should make it clearer what I'm actually doing.

2. If I open MonoSketch in another tab, I can't make a second diagram at the same time as the first -- there seems to be one shared context between tabs. I would like to be able to make a new diagram separate from my current one.

Re: Monosketch

#62

Post by srik »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #48
frizlab wrote: post #30

I use Monodraw[0]. Best purchase I ever made. [0] https://monodraw.helftone.com/

I bought it too. I think most of us seem to bought it almost 10 years ago. Don’t use it much, but it is there when needed once in a while.

Likewise. I can unreservedly say it’s one of my best app purchases of all time.

Re: Monosketch

#63

Post by akd »

What is the purpose of ASCII diagramming today? Seems like graphics are supported by every document and communications medium that I use. Is it for including directly in code?

Re: Monosketch

#64

Post by sghiassy »

akd wrote: post #63

What is the purpose of ASCII diagramming today? Seems like graphics are supported by every document and communications medium that I use. Is it for including directly in code?

LLMs can understand ASCII diagrams

Re: Monosketch

#65

Post by fintechie »

Aren't SOTA models doing this for few cents already? at least when I tell Claude to add a systems draw or arch flow to a README.md he'll do it quickly.

Re: Monosketch

#66

Post by raincole »

sghiassy wrote: post #64
akd wrote: post #63

What is the purpose of ASCII diagramming today? Seems like graphics are supported by every document and communications medium that I use. Is it for including directly in code?

LLMs can understand ASCII diagrams

LLMs nowadays can understand png diagrams too.

Re: Monosketch

#67

Post by dfee »

first: looks very cool.

now, historically, i'd look at the language choice and ask myself, "would i want to set up a JVM" to run this kotlin app? oh, it's kotlin and python and the installation happens through pipenv?

two different ideas strike me now:

1. would it be worth throwing this at an LLM and having it write it in a different language,

2. if i was just consuming a bundled binary (e.g. go or rust), would i have such reluctance?

i think distribution is becoming increasingly important, making nonsense details like pipenv and whichever version of the JVM is present much greater friction.

Re: Monosketch

#68

Post by cadamsdotcom »

fintechie wrote: post #65

Aren't SOTA models doing this for few cents already? at least when I tell Claude to add a systems draw or arch flow to a README.md he'll do it quickly.

> he’ll do it

Quick note - be careful of gendering & anthropomorphising large language models, since you’re talking to a non-human machine so should be wary of how it can affect your mindset.

Re: Monosketch

#69

Post by trcf23 »

raincole wrote: post #66
sghiassy wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LLMs can understand ASCII diagrams

LLMs nowadays can understand png diagrams too.

They can’t update it though. In docs it makes sense to use that as a basis and have the Llm update it when needed

Re: Monosketch

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Post by unshavedyak »

akd wrote: post #63

What is the purpose of ASCII diagramming today? Seems like graphics are supported by every document and communications medium that I use. Is it for including directly in code?

Is it common for graphics to be supported in the terminal?

ASCII to me represents something that can work in my term, in my source code, checks into git a bit more sanely than binary does, etc.

I still quite like it

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