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Re: Monosketch

#91

Post by Hackbraten »

frizlab wrote: post #30

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

One thing that bugs me is that I can no longer access any of my Monodraw sketches because I don’t own a Mac anymore.

Re: Monosketch

#92

Post by satvikpendem »

trcf23 wrote: post #69
raincole wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Mermaid diagrams are even better because you don't waste characters on the visual representation but rather the relationships between them. It's the difference between

    graph TD
            User -->|Enters Credentials| Frontend[React App]
            Frontend -->|POST /auth| API[NodeJS Service]
            API -->|Query| DB[(PostgreSQL)]
            API --x|Invalid| Frontend
            DB -->|User Object| API
            API -->|JWT| Frontend
and

    +-------+           +-------------+           +---------+
    |  User |           | React App   |           | NodeJS  |
    +-------+           +-------------+           +---------+
        |                      |                       |
        |  Enters Creds        |       POST /auth      |
        |--------------------->|---------------------->|
        |                      |                       |
        |      Invalid         |    | [ DB ]
Plus while an LLM can understand relationships via pure ASCII or an image, it's just easier to give it the relationship data directly.

Re: Monosketch

#93

Post by myko »

kens wrote: post #90
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?

My unpopular opinion is that programming is stuck in the 1970s: a lot of programmers use a 1970s-style terminal window to enter 1970s OS commands, which run on a 1970s processor architecture (which is slowly getting replaced by a 1980s architecture). They use a 1970s editor (which is much superior to the other 1970s editor) to write programs in a 1970s language. ASCII diagrams are just a symptom of this. Hardware is…

This is what I like about programming

Re: Monosketch

#94

Post by iJohnDoe »

Everyone linking to their favorite tool, but wanted to point out to the OP that Monosketch looks awesome. Cool being open source as well.

Re: Monosketch

#95

Post by casey2 »

the Linux man page I have installed online says this isn't ASCII and it even made this face when I asked it O _ o

Re: Monosketch

#97

Post by rcv »

frizlab wrote: post #30

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

I used to love monodraw when I had a mac. My daily driver and work machine is Linux now, so I've been searching for a suitable replacement for a while now. This one is probably the best I've seen so far.

Re: Monosketch

#99

Post by lasgawe »

I used a similar tool called AsciiFlow (asciiflow.com). This Monosketch seems easier to use. The best part is that we can add diagrams directly inside the source code.
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