Show HN: Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things
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Reladraw is a diagram language that offers a middle ground between auto-layout tools like Mermaid and manual drawing applications, giving users control over element placement while maintaining the efficiency of text-based definition.
Why it mattersDevelopers and AI agents can now create custom diagrams programmatically without wrestling with automatic layout algorithms or spending time in GUI tools, making diagram generation faster for documentation and planning workflows.
From the source: I love making diagrams to help understand, plan, etc. However, the options are (A) auto-placement languages like Mermaid or Graphviz (which don't let me decide how the diagram looks), or (B) software like Draw.io which are powerful but are very time consuming (and inefficient for agents to…Read at github.com