Bought this couple months ago, and am now always looking for more ways to include this for inline-documentation. the fact i can export to clipboard and re-import it and reconstruct all the shapes etc. almost flawlessly is such a big win.
> am now always looking for more ways to include this for inline-documentation.
Bought this couple months ago, and am now always looking for more ways to include this for inline-documentation. the fact i can export to clipboard and re-import it and reconstruct all the shapes etc. almost flawlessly is such a big win.
Sounds super interesting, where do you put these diagrams ? It's an issue I'm seeing even for comments touching too much on algorithmic stuff. To take a somewhat common example, if you were dealing with a credit card payment flow, where would the explanation of how a transaction goes through a few states asynchronously, which all trigger a webhook callback ? Obviously the people working on the code need to be aware o…
I personally just throw them at the top of my files as long block-comments, or sometimes inside/around very heavy functions. For example i often add little diagrams for when dealing with some bit-fiddly logic parts to easier visualize the bit-layouts.
But for architecture, either a whole text-file for it or at the top of the module
Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
Are there any enhancements that you've wanted to do, but haven't had the time?
I'm a huge fan, and am surprised how stable Monodraw has been for me. I've kept a single, growing document open as a scratch pad for the last three years. The only downtime was converting it to the new-ish file format haha.
Any time spent on copy protection is time not spent on improving the product for the paying customers. I find it unlikely that such copy protection would actually convert a non-paying user into a customer. I also don't want to make the software network dependent in any way.
>I find it unlikely that such copy protection would actually convert a non-paying user into a customer. I used to think that but then kept tripping across customers who ran multiple copies of my software after purchasing a single license. I now wish I'd tightened the DRM from the start.
I think you're missing his point. If you tightened DRM, would those customers that ran multiple copies pay for multiple licenses?
Fighting piracy is generally not worth it. Those people would never pay, so you're fighting to stop a pirate from using it, not to get them to pay. There's a big difference.
Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
Are there any enhancements that you've wanted to do, but haven't had the time? I'm a huge fan, and am surprised how stable Monodraw has been for me. I've kept a single, growing document open as a scratch pad for the last three years. The only downtime was converting it to the new-ish file format haha.
The top two features I want to add next are table support and some form of auto layout (like flexbox).
I really care about stability and performance, so I’m happy to hear that it’s being appreciated.
Was this to scratch your own itch or who needs this?
Yeah, it was. After I finished working on the iOS app I was previously involved with, I needed to either find a job or make another app. I was browsing StackOverflow and saw some cool looking ASCII diagrams, thinking to myself "How can I make these easily on macOS?". So that's how the idea was born. I then spent about 1.5yrs from the initial commit until v1 release. Unfortunately, the financials didn't work out, so I…
As a years-long user of both Monodraw and Clear: thank you for making software that is opinionated and focused on what it wants to do.
This at least 10th post of Monodraw on hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8433417 - oct 09 2014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9545252 - may 14 2015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27832910 - july 14 2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32134469 - july 18 2022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39651796 - march 9 2024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45037904 - 1 year ago and the some all o…
It's very effective. Both times I've wanted to give them my money. But mac only, geeze