[thomasmg]

I agree, IKEA instructions are great. A bit related are railroad diagrams, like the one of the JSON syntax [2].

I worked on Rubik's cube solving instructions for beginners [1] (for my children initially), but then I found it would be so much better if the instructions are IKEA style. (Then I vibe-coded a Rubik's cube 2D and 3D model, and now I stopped working on this. Something for later.) For the cube, I want to implement the algorithm, and then from the program create IKEA instruction (or a mix of IKEA and railroad diagram). That way I can be sure I didn't skip any steps in the instructions.

[1] https://github.com/thomasmueller/rubiks/blob/main/README.md

[2] https://www.json.org/json-en.html

[gerdesj]

"I agree, IKEA instructions are great"

They are until you hit one for something that is so simple it does not really need instructions, then you will end up in a tail spin! We bought a window shade puller thing and it had instructions!

Lego are also superb at instructions, for obvious reasons. I've put together a couple of modern Lego models with a lot of pieces and they are still as good as I remember 40+ years ago. I have to say that the model of the Chinese Year of the Dragon beastie from 2024? was pretty tricky.

[porridgeraisin]

> Rubik's cube 3D model

Google had a doodle way back when... That let you play the cube on the search page.

I found it hosted here [1] although I'm sure they have a doodles archive. Didn't check it myself but it should be possible to take the JS from that and use it for our purposes.

[1] https://sites.google.com/site/populardoodlegames/rubik-s-cub...

[Cockbrand]

> I'm sure they have a doodles archive

You are correct: https://doodles.google/

It doesn't seem to have the Rubik's cube, though

[nayuki]

SQLite also has lots of excellent railroad diagrams for SQL syntax. e.g. https://sqlite.org/lang_select.html#overview