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I like D2 for this. In a previous role, I wrote a program to parse all of our serverless.yml files (we were doing micro services on AWE) and auto-generate a big D2 diagram from it. It was nice because it would auto-update as the system grew and I wrote it so that the diagram could be broken out into smaller diagrams for each sub system (think splitting on SNS topic)

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I like draw.io ..

It’s either PowerPoint or draw.io depending on the time I have and the complexity.

Then I found this web based coded solution 1 and I was having more fun then I deserved, especially to quickly add shapes, connections, and not worry too much how it is going to look aesthetically. But then I do worry how it is going to look and I can’t really force where I want the shapes and group them differently, and when I’m adapting myself to the tool instead of the other way around,… I go back to draw.io and screenshot to PowerPoint.

1 — https://nomnoml.com/

That looks nice; but for flexibility, consistency and getting the job done draw.io is great IMO.

Will definitely try out nomnomi tho ..

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