Arcentry
Dev tools
architecture diagramming
SHOW HN2018
75points
34comments
#579of 2,155 in 2018
Top 27%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 8 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Attractive design and visual polish
From 3 comments
Kudos for an amazing design. I think it's limited to somewhat small architecture, and haven't had the opportunity to try to plug my logs in yet, but I'm excited to try!
citilife on HNCongrats on an useful service, that I will pay for. Couldn't help noting the similarity between your end product and Jurassic Park's layout :)…
somberi on HNWow this looks amazing and I've wanted something exactly like this for a while. If there are docs of some kind that would be super helpful. Also I think the hover description for…
jamestimmins on HN
SCADA demo and live updating metrics impressed commenters
From 3 comments
Woah!! That looks great! I think you should share this prominently on your website, showing how you can do more than just cloud. There are a lot of infrastructure segments that…
puppetmaster on HNI say go for it, or maybe just add a generic event hook/workflow system that has basic Boolean logic? See json-logic etc. I like the updating metrics, the mixer animation in the…
sbr464 on HNThere have been some serious hours put into that, the scada demo looks great. Good luck..
tmitchel2 on HN
Objections
Lacks generic, vendor-neutral components (e.g. Digital Ocean, generic cloud machine)
From 2 comments
You need to add a lot more generic icons that are not tied to specific cloud providers. I found it very difficult to map out a system I built in a datacenter.
dsl on HNIt looks really cool. I dreamed of software like this, which can visually show high level of the complete architecture. And if I could connect it to these via plugins, wow even…
pbadenski on HN
Requires account signup to try it; no playground
From 3 comments
So, this looks really interesting, but I don't really want to create an account just to try it out :/
GordonS on HNAgree. I would love even a simple playground to try it in a limited fashion. This is valid product feedback for a Show HN and shouldn't be downvoted.
leetrout on HNI did create an account eventually, but I was expecting to be able to test it on the page as well. In the 'Plan section', I was clicking on the icons with the MongoDB element and…
elAhmo on HN
Keyboard and mouse wheel zoom issues
From 3 comments
Looks like the keyboard shortcuts don't map to Mac well. Command-A selects all the text, but Control-A works as expected. Worse, when I hit backspace to delete everything, it did…
steventhedev on HNMy approximately-two cents: - A bit annoying that the scrollwheel doesn't do anything; the natural thing would be for it to zoom in/out. - There doesn't seem to be a way to…
yellowapple on HNIt's an Elecom EX-G, so a pretty run-of-the-mill scrollwheel. The vast majority of other websites work fine with it. This is on Firefox Developer Edition 64 on Linux, if that…
yellowapple on HN
Pricing seen as too low for a monitoring tool
From 1 comment
I think you need to charge a lot more than $10/mo for unlimited usage, especially for a monitoring tool. Edit: Just saw you have an enterprise tier at $12/user/mo.
clusmore on HN
Requests
Export to Terraform or import existing infrastructure
From 1 comment
This looks really interesting, I have a question: My team is currently using cloudcraft which has the ability to import infrastructure already built and generate diagrams based…
dvtrn on HN
Generic and vendor-neutral component icons
From 2 comments
You need to add a lot more generic icons that are not tied to specific cloud providers. I found it very difficult to map out a system I built in a datacenter.
dsl on HNIt looks really cool. I dreamed of software like this, which can visually show high level of the complete architecture. And if I could connect it to these via plugins, wow even…
pbadenski on HN
Import CloudFormation templates
From 1 comment
can I import a cloudformation template and get an auto-generated visualization?
zachguo on HN
Zoom-dependent detail levels in diagrams
From 2 comments
What I've always wanted is an interactive diagramming tool that shows more detail as you zoom in; zoomed out, it would show high level details. This would allow for a single…
dmarlow on HNI second this and haven't found anything that really suits it. I would imagine something like a map view where zooming out would give you very few details of the landscape but…
oeuviz on HN
Edge-drag resizing and snapping improvements
From 1 comment
My approximately-two cents: - A bit annoying that the scrollwheel doesn't do anything; the natural thing would be for it to zoom in/out. - There doesn't seem to be a way to…
yellowapple on HN
Questions
Should it become a cloud monitoring dashboard?
From 1 comment
Founder here: We're currently trying to evaluate if it makes sense for Arcentry to go beyond being a diagramming tool to becoming a cloud monitoring dashboard with charts, scale…
wolframhempel on HN
Is there documentation available?
From 1 comment
Wow this looks amazing and I've wanted something exactly like this for a while. If there are docs of some kind that would be super helpful. Also I think the hover description for…
jamestimmins on HN
Alternatives named
Cloudcraft
From 1 comment
This looks really interesting, I have a question: My team is currently using cloudcraft which has the ability to import infrastructure already built and generate diagrams based…
dvtrn on HN
UML modeling tools
From 1 comment
Most model based UML tools provide this feature. You can create diagrams that show the different component in detail as a white box. In another diagram where you show the…
eicnix on HN
Mind mapping tools
From 1 comment
I remember doing this with some mind mapping tools that supported images and text, but it's been a while and I cannot remember which ones specifically. Kinda hacky and possibly…
stronglikedan on HN