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Is the domain meaningful for the startup name or domain? Examples: Is it dealing with credit cards? Or has it something to do with emails (carbon copy)? If not, then I don't see the extra value of an exotic extension.
Exotic domains can have their issues too, eg the story for draw.io moving to diagrams.net.
Tho I agree that if you're after a short and snappy name, and its .com domain is already taken (and you're not aiming for any particular country like .uk), then something like .cc might be viable.
However, there's also the option of using slightly different domain, eg joinef.com for Entrepreneur First, instead of plain ef.com.
And taking a step back, is it even relevant for you at this point to ponder what domain to take?
They moved to diagrams.net (not sure how long they'll redirect).
https://www.diagrams.net/blog/move-diagrams-net
Tip: You can create a new diagram even faster by going to diagram.new or diagrams.new instead of having to remember the full app.diagrams.net address.
There seem to be some security issues with .io domains and some misscommunication with the domain administrator. It is stille accessable over www.draw.io .
Hi,
Basically you're doing it fine as described here: https://www.diagrams.net/doc/faq/export-higher-resolution
You might wanna try experimenting with File > Export as > Advanced > PNG
First of all, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVTsfwj2PDM
Then check out something like one of these:
Use Visio (Microsoft built application, my understanding is that it is sold separately). Or use diagrams.net (formerly known as draw.io). It lets you insert transparent images into a 'Scratchpad' next to all the other icons and arrows on the side. You can export the files as pngs, vectors etc. You can then just import these into OneNote and boom, problem solved. It has a desktop app for Windows and macOS as well as a web app. It's really well made in my opinion, and even better, it's free!
Diagrams.
If you don’t have a diagram app, this is pretty good. Client software on Git (with links to downloads so you don’t have to compile).
You can do physical racks, and logical network diagrams with layer 2 and layer 3.
https://www.diagrams.net/
Go thru the switches. Physical connections and label while doing your diagram. Then telnet/ssh and get the port descriptions to indicate the destination.
I will also put a label next to switches… “POE for Wifi AP’s”, or “access ports for desktops”.
Hang a copy of the diagram(s) near the equipment.
It’s gonna suck, but it’s worth the effort.
I guess staffing was probably the issue? Possibly poor leadership? Both?
Probably unpopular opinion in r/software, but ...
... draw it by hand on square-ruled paper with a pencil. Slow and tedious, but the process really forces you to think about what the code is doing. If the goal is to understand a piece of code, if personally found this method to be the most effective.
Tools that auto-generate flowcharts from code tend to clutter the diagram with way to many (unimportant) details. Frequently, I can't see the forest for the trees.
A digital flowchart tool, like diagrams.net might be the better choice, if you want to create nice looking documentation. But just for analyzing/understanding an algorithm, I feel distracted by the constant window switching between code and diagram.
Source: 15 years of programming professionally and having to, occasionally, dissect a particular difficult peace of code.
Yeah. I settled with https://www.diagrams.net/
I should mention that I don't use it to create realistic looking maps. I just plan out streets and add notes for street names, stores, districts, and so on.
But the program allows to add pictures, so in theory it's possible to create a realistic looking map.
MoreThanPixels (above) tipped me off, he (or she...) shared a link to a list of more diagram programs.
I also love using flow charts to try to map the entire flow of data from source system all the way to end user.
Regarding software, I've found diagrams.net to be incredible for this. Also, I believe a lightweight version of Visio online is now included with O365/M365 (Microsoft adds 'lightweight' Visio web app for no extra fee to Microsoft 365 for business plans)
If their users all have admin, they could already go buy Visio or Project or any of their competing products from a shop and install it. They could download trial versions from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-visio or https://www.diagrams.net/ Nothing material has changed for the sysadmins at those orgs. Their users have always been able to install trial versions of whatever they want, and they’re clearly OK with that or their users wouldn’t have local admin.
They're owned by the same company.^[1]
>diagrams.net/draw.io is an open source technology stack for building diagramming applications, and the world’s most widely used browser-based end-user diagramming software.
>diagrams.net is a trademark and draw.io is a registered trademark of JGraph Ltd. JGraph Ltd is a company registered in England that develops and owns the software, runs the diagrams.net and draw.io sites and owns the diagrams.net and draw.io brands.
>We promise you we won’t hide your data from you and will always give you some way to open and edit that data, at no cost. When companies pay us money it should be because we add value, not because they are locked in.
Both these recommendations are web apps so no issues with working on a Mac.
As far as cheap, you can't get cheaper than free! Try out diagrams.net, maybe that will work for you.
SimpleWires starts around $20 per month per user (I think) and is geared more towards building racks.
Good luck with finding something that works for you.
I'd love to know how you get on with it.
Interesting one, I thought diagrams.net had flown under my radar but it looks like draw.io is moving to diagrams.net.
The two main ones that I use:
I'm a visual person, so I use this flowchart a lot. Diagrams.net
I also use this G00GLE Docs GDD Template when I want/need to get very detailed about it.
Funny enough I used this when I had to write SRS documents, now I use it for world building- it used to be called draw.io, but now it's just diagrams. Free to use, can be saved to google drive, git, locally, etc. You can use it from a browser or you can download it. Lots of shapes, lots of colors, good for blocking out key elements.
Also good for actually designing your game ;)
https://www.diagrams.net/ (former draw.io) is excellent tool for ANY sort of brainstorming, flowcharting and concepting, and I've succesfully used it for brainstorming character sheets as well. In fact you can do your entire system design in there, if visually organizing stuff is your thing!
It has a freeform page-layout system which really helps in figuring out the right layout for you. I wouldn't go as far as to make final character sheets with it, but if you can make it work, sure why not!
I was familiar with different drawing programs, and mainly used it like that, as I teach myself about the deeper functions. Id like to be able to share and work easily with others on these types of projects in the future.
This is my favourite.
It can be self-hosted on nextcloud, confluence, if you've already got one set up. It also has locally-installed applications if you prefer.
It has integrations to display and/or edit in BookStack, Jupyter notebooks, Grafana dashboards, Google docs/slides, Office365, or even VSCode to run out of your IDE. There's a ton listed at https://www.diagrams.net/integrations.html.
The software I used was https://www.diagrams.net/ - free (and open-source).
I must admit it's a bit finicky and I should probably fix a few glitches to make it easier to work with but I was in a rush. Regardless, I'll provide you the diagram files if you're willing to forgo some time and sanity in learning getting used to the software.