Systemizer

Dev tools

system design diagramming

SHOW HN2021

167points
11comments
#288of 2,533 in 2021
Top 12%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

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 HN
    • 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
    • Heck 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 HN
    • This 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 HN
    • Yep 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

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