This is such a helpful breakdown! I've always struggled with making my architecture diagrams look professional without spending hours on design. The idea of using AI to generate the code for Mermaid or Excalidraw is a game-changer. It feels so much more efficient. I'm definitely going to look for a good mermaid flowchart tutorial to get started. Thanks for the practical tips and for showing the specific prompts to use!
I see AI in Excalidraw more as a 0 to 60% helper — great for kickstarting diagrams, but not something I rely on for full end-to-end interaction. When you iterate too much, it tends to go off track and produce some odd results.
That said, with a well-crafted system prompt, you could probably reduce the weirdness and guide it better for specific diagram use cases. I haven’t explored that deeply yet, but it’s definitely an area worth experimenting with!
This is such a helpful breakdown! I've always struggled with making my architecture diagrams look professional without spending hours on design. The idea of using AI to generate the code for Mermaid or Excalidraw is a game-changer. It feels so much more efficient. I'm definitely going to look for a good mermaid flowchart tutorial to get started. Thanks for the practical tips and for showing the specific prompts to use!
https://mermaidviewer.com/
Love it! How complex can the excalidraw diagrams get when using AI?
I see AI in Excalidraw more as a 0 to 60% helper — great for kickstarting diagrams, but not something I rely on for full end-to-end interaction. When you iterate too much, it tends to go off track and produce some odd results.
That said, with a well-crafted system prompt, you could probably reduce the weirdness and guide it better for specific diagram use cases. I haven’t explored that deeply yet, but it’s definitely an area worth experimenting with!
You should check out https://plantuml.com/.
It supports a lot more use cases than mermaid with a similar text based syntax