<story><title>Shaky: ASCII Diagram to PNG</title><url>http://shaky.github.bushong.net/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>AstroJetson</author><text>I use this tool almost every day turning sequence diagrams into drawings.  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.websequencediagrams.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.websequencediagrams.com&lt;/a&gt;  While the &amp;quot;back of a napkin&amp;quot;style is hip, management seems to prefer cleaner drawings.  I&amp;#x27;d use shakey, if it made &amp;quot;professional&amp;quot; drawings.</text></comment>
<story><title>Shaky: ASCII Diagram to PNG</title><url>http://shaky.github.bushong.net/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>davidjgraph</author><text>These ideas always seem to top HN. They are cute, but interactive diagram editors have been around a while and, unfortunately, are just faster to use and are more flexible.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;d make more sense to just have one of these tools implement export to ACSII?</text></comment>