Hacker News with Generative AI: Diagrams

A diagram of C23 basic types (wordpress.com)
This week on the C committee mailing list we had a discussion about how C’s types are organized into different categories. At the end I came up with a diagram with that organization. It basically translates the section “6.2.5 Types” of the C23 standard into a graph of inclusions.

C Programming, Programming Languages, Data Structures, Diagrams, Standards

6 points by ingve 5 days ago | 0 comments

C4 Model (c4model.com)

Software, Design, Architecture, Diagrams

3 points by Tomte 15 days ago | 0 comments

Diagrams AI can, and cannot, generate (ilograph.com)
By now, generative artificial intelligence’s ability to create text and images is well known. Generating system architecture diagrams would seem to be a natural extension of this. In this article, we examine three use cases for AI-generated system architecture diagrams. We will evaluate AI’s ability to create generic diagrams focused on technology, whiteboard diagrams for planned or proposed future systems, and system diagrams that detail real-life, existing systems.

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, System Architecture, Software Engineering, Diagrams

214 points by billyp-rva 16 days ago | 68 comments

Guitar Rig Diagrams (metafilter.com)
You like guitar gear? You like diagrams? Have I got something for you.Guitar World put together a bunch of those.

Music, Guitar, Diagrams

16 points by colinprince 69 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: GUI for editing Mermaid class diagrams (mermaidchart.com)
Mermaid charts are widely used for their ability to represent complex diagrams quickly, and now, thanks to a new update, editing Mermaid Class Diagrams has become even easier and more intuitive.

Software, Visualizations, Diagrams, Mermaid, User Interfaces

230 points by knsv 76 days ago | 59 comments

Creating Dynamic and Interactive Documentation for Visual Content (differ.blog)
Diagram-as-Code: Creating Dynamic and Interactive Documentation for Visual Content

Documentation, Visual Content, Software Development, Diagrams, Automation

9 points by thunderbong 132 days ago | 0 comments

Diagrams AI Can, and Cannot, Generate (ilograph.com)
By now, generative artificial intelligence’s ability to create text and images is well known. Generating system architecture diagrams would seem to be a natural extension of this. In this article, we examine three use cases for AI-generated system architecture diagrams. We will evaluate AI’s ability to create generic diagrams focused on technology, whiteboard diagrams for planned or proposed future systems, and system diagrams that detail real-life, existing systems.

Generative AI, System Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Diagrams

9 points by Veuxdo 142 days ago | 3 comments

D2: Declarative Diagramming – A modern language that turns text to diagrams (d2lang.com)
A modern language that turns text to diagrams

Programming Languages, Software, Design, Visualizations, Diagrams

50 points by thunderbong 150 days ago | 7 comments

Blockdiag – simple diagram images generator – blockdiag 1.0 documentation (blockdiag.com)