[theK]

> requiring them to explicitly make visual decisions that are supposed to be handled by a good compiler

Isnt graphviz there for the same reason?

Edit: I see it is using JSON as the declaration language, I am OK with llms being "good at json" but a syntax also consumable by humans it is not!

[chenglong-hn]

In fact, Json as a common language for human in visualization has been around for a while! The benefit of declarative grammar is that users can effective manipulate specs through UI (drag and drop, clicks).

Btw, Flint is intentionally designed to allow agent skip low-level params like scale, axe, zero, step size etc (which are extremely crucial for "GOOD-looking") and they are dynamically optimized by the compiler. So AI agents can have a easier time.

[theK]

> Json as a common language for human in visualization has been around for a while

Plant, Mermaid, Graphviz are all declarative textual representations designed for human authoring, JSON is made for tools. Its not a criticism just a statement that if interop across agent and human was intended this is not the simplest option.

[chenglong-hn]

right, in fact many small models still struggle with following json, some new forms are also needed

[simlevesque]

Absolutely. This is DOA honestly and not really better than what we had before.