Cloud Maker
Dev tools
architecture diagram tool
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
4 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Free infinite grid, unlike CloudCraft's paid-only option
From 1 comment
Gave it a try. Here's my feedback in no particular order: - I couldn't get into my account to start playing around for a while because your email verification is flagged as spam…
arkadiyt on HN
Idea has great potential
From 1 comment
I think this is an idea with great potential. Making it work seamlessly would be a challenge. For example: Elastic Beanstalk for NodeJS gives you a good starting point for a web…
robot on HN
Objections
Sign-up flow hides email signup and requires account for a free trial
From 2 comments
When i click "Sign Up Free", you go to a page that only has "Sign In" options. You then have to click (i did in a UI bruteforcing attempt) "Sign In with Email" to find a tiny…
easytiger on HNRequiring a signup for a free trial of something that doesn't inherently need an account pretty much instantly turns me off.
andreareina on HN
Sign-up emails flagged as spam
From 2 comments
Gave it a try. Here's my feedback in no particular order: - I couldn't get into my account to start playing around for a while because your email verification is flagged as spam…
arkadiyt on HNAlso got flagged as spam here. Might be worth checking your SPM and DKIM config.
discordance on HN
Missing common resources like AWS Security Groups, Heroku and generic icons
From 2 comments
Gave it a try. Here's my feedback in no particular order: - I couldn't get into my account to start playing around for a while because your email verification is flagged as spam…
arkadiyt on HNI was excited about this, as I need to update our architecture diagrams. However, first feedback: * Heroku didn't return anything in the search * AWS API gateway neither. * ok,…
PanMan on HN
Resources grouped by type rather than filtered by provider
From 1 comment
Gave it a try. Here's my feedback in no particular order: - I couldn't get into my account to start playing around for a while because your email verification is flagged as spam…
arkadiyt on HN
Requests
Generate diagrams from Terraform or infrastructure-as-code files
From 2 comments
Feature request: automatically generate architecture diagrams from Terraform (or other 'infrastructure-as-code') files.
sjbase on HNYou may be aware (and I understand that it's noiser than 'architecture diagram') but terraform can output for graphviz. I believe I've read AWS can too, so if you're 100% on AWS…
OJFord on HN
Import diagrams from existing cloud accounts
From 2 comments
I've always wanted a infrastructure diagram tool that would actually create the architecture using my AWS account. How feasible is that?
zarmin on HNwhat about the other way around? Generate a diagram from your existing cloud (and then maybe tweak the diagram then round-trip it)
novaleaf on HN
Deploy the architecture drawn in the diagram
From 1 comment
That's the plan - the next feature we're working on will allow you to deploy the architecture you've defined in your diagram.
t4l0s on HN
Generic cloud or multi-provider abstraction
From 2 comments
Or a “generic cloud” set
andyfleming on HN> I don't like the clutter of having all the Azure/GCP/AWS resources grouped by type ("Compute", "Databases", etc). 99% of companies are single-cloud and it would be more…
softwarelimits on HN
Questions
How does it differ from CloudCraft
From 1 comment
I am fan of CloudCraft which has some awesome AWS specific features such as importing resources from AWS, cost reports, and auto-syncing resources. Adding Google Cloud is a…
nodesocket on HN
Can it generate CloudFormation or Terraform from the diagram
From 1 comment
Does CloudCraft allows generation of CloudFormation or terraform templates from the diagram?
nivertech on HN
Alternatives named
CloudCraft
From 3 comments
cloudcraft.co supports this (on their paid plan), and there are also some open source tools like cloudmapper (only for AWS): https://github.com/duo-labs/cloudmapper
arkadiyt on HNThere is also cloundcraft.co [1] which I have been using for a year or so now and would recommend. 1. https://cloudcraft.co/
PeterBarrett on HNI am fan of CloudCraft which has some awesome AWS specific features such as importing resources from AWS, cost reports, and auto-syncing resources. Adding Google Cloud is a…
nodesocket on HN
CloudMapper
From 1 comment
cloudcraft.co supports this (on their paid plan), and there are also some open source tools like cloudmapper (only for AWS): https://github.com/duo-labs/cloudmapper
arkadiyt on HN
AWS CloudFormation designer
From 1 comment
AWS has one, though I found it too clunky to actually use https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/working-with-templates-cfn-designer-overview.html
crucialfelix on HN
happi.io
From 1 comment
This Seems similar to https://www.happi.io
ollybee on HN