I use the Draw.Io desktop app, not the web version for obvious reason.
Use to do it on Visio.. But well Microsoft destroyed it.
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Excalidraw, Open source, easy to use and no paywall. You can export your files and save them locally as well.
For design documentation where detail is required - MS Word with some colour where required. Never saw the point in using visio or any other graphic packages.
A technical audience doesn't need a graphical representation of an object looks like. If they don't know what the object looks like they have problems. Virtual objects being represented by physical counterparts can be confusing and pointless.
Graphics are only useful for presentations and sales - it may save time in explaining what the objects are.
As a visual, technical person I see your point but disagree.
I don’t need (but like) the logos. I can understand the layout in hierarchical text.
But it absolutely helps me / is easier, to see the lines showing the interfaces connections.
I like D2 because it is declarative and I can keep the model in source control.
Yeah, this. I’m a big fan of the “diagrams as code” things like d2, mermaid, plantuml, nomnoml and all that. Obsidian has render plugins too so you can easily visualize things.
My brain.
Lol 😂 that's what I was guna say
Mental map
MS Paint
Obsidian.
draw.io. Not sure if there is a mac version (I'm running it on linux) but in any case there is a web version in which you can save (an load) your files locally.
Lucidchart
I use Excalidraw or MermaidJS
We use Lucid Draw. Great because it is web based and can be used on any platform
I don't know what it looks like until it's done. 😆
Lucid Chart
Technically you can get a web browser version of vision but I’ve used lucidchart and draw.io before and they’re good. Lucid has good Visio compatibility, draw not so much
I use plantUML. Its alright, gets you the first 95% of the way there very quickly but the last 5% of formatting is just impossible
Github supports mermaid to generate flowcharts, I keep meaning to take a deeper look at it and learn it.
Draw.io
Mermaid diagrams
I use draw.Io that I self host, before that I was using pen and paper.
Visio has been pretty much standard in all my work roles for rack elevation and network diagram drawings, so I use it for home stuff too