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by montmorency88 1151 days ago
Very nice idea/design. I have to ask :) Are you using a custom layout algo for drawing the nodes labels in the directed graph?
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I implemented a very simple one for now, nothing too complicated. Some users are already "complaining" they need smarter auto-positioning algorithm
Haha, The fact people are taking time to complain is a good sign of engagement.

Looks like fixed spacing along x and letting the cards float along y which is very effective.

I have sometimes wondered why there isn't more convergence for a standard set of primitives/libraries/template engines for drawing graphs on the web.

graphviz .dot files would seem to be a natural DSL and then there are packages like dagre/mermaid but italways seems like for applications you need to end up rolling your own.