[abra0]

What are the tools people use to draw diagrams? I've tried many things and settled on Miro on an iPad (infinite canvas + pencil), but I still think this space is underinvested in.

The downside of diagrams from code is the loss of the wysiwyg aspect -- I want to be able to manipulate things visually.

[foobarian]

I like Gliffy built into Confluence because it's default at work. I also like excalidraw and was hoping to test the collaborative feature for video calls. I think the ephemeral nature of the diagrams is just fine, it's essentially a whiteboard with some QoL features like persistence, pre-population, and undo/redo.

[artur_makly]

https://VisualFlows.io

sample architecture: https://app.visualsitemaps.com/user_flows/share/e64da8ed-2ef...

[tru1ock]

I have been using https://www.yworks.com/products/yed for years. You can import a c4 palette probably. I do not really stick to specific shapes but use what makes sense for the context.

[afarrell]

Cell phone camera on a little holder pointed at a piece of paper. Then I join as a second participant, mute it, and turn the volume off.

Or ipad and apple pencil on google docs jamboard using Duet to sketch things out.

[nucleardog]

The one issue I’ve found is that most services seem to retain _much_ less precision for participant video versus screen sharing. Text can often become really blocky and blurry.

I did something similar, but used OBS. There are a few ways to feed video from a cell phone into it. Gives you the chance to do any zooming/cropping/etc to account for limitations in where you can place the phone. As well as adjust brightness/contrast/white balance if you’re really anal about that kind of stuff.

From there I open the feed in a “projector” window and screen share that.

[Supermancho]

miro works slightly better than Gliffy, imo.