Systemizer
Dev tools
system design diagramming
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quick brain dumps and system design interviews
From 3 comments
Congrats on the launch! I currently work on projects where HLDs are nothing more than brain dump / thought organising experiments just prior to getting some PoC code bashed out.…
66d8kk on HNI can see this being useful for virtual sys design interviews. Having to rely on Lucicharts, Miro or Google Drawing for virtual system design interviews is usually a challenge.…
iblaine on HNHeck yes! I needed this 2 days ago and still need it now. Definitely taking this for a spin.
whalesalad on HN
Looks cool and promising
From 2 comments
This is really cool! Tip for others: You can click the lines in between components to add text to them One question though, when I click on something, like "API Gateway", in the…
gavinray on HNThis looks really awesome! One note - why is the interface so big? It made me check my browser's scaling
margor on HN
Objections
Interface is oversized at normal browser scaling
From 1 comment
This looks really awesome! One note - why is the interface so big? It made me check my browser's scaling
margor on HN
Pinch zoom works only over the canvas
From 1 comment
Pinch zoom only works if you're over the canvas. If you for instance zoom out enough that the mouse cursor is outside of the canvas then the page itself starts zooming.
ollysb on HN
Requests
More components, including a generic cloud and worker component
From 2 comments
I just wish more components exist. I struggled to decide where my async data pipeline ends. There should be a generic component (something like "Cloud") that i can use when 3rd…
alhasaniq on HNYep third-party components would be good. As would some sort of "worker" component for processing jobs from pubsub.
philote on HN
Link diagram parts to code files or lines
From 1 comment
Wonder if you could actually link to code files/lines by clicking on a part.
jcun4128 on HN
Questions
What the component properties panel does for most components
From 1 comment
This is really cool! Tip for others: You can click the lines in between components to add text to them One question though, when I click on something, like "API Gateway", in the…
gavinray on HN
Alternatives named
draw.io
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! I currently work on projects where HLDs are nothing more than brain dump / thought organising experiments just prior to getting some PoC code bashed out.…
66d8kk on HN
Lucidchart, Miro, Google Drawings
From 1 comment
I can see this being useful for virtual sys design interviews. Having to rely on Lucicharts, Miro or Google Drawing for virtual system design interviews is usually a challenge.…
iblaine on HN