There is one feature I always wished existed in engineering diagramming tools: it's the ability to hook up some logging or status report.
For instance, on each of these nodes, there could be an ID, and I would send a post request from my servers that says "node ID x is down", and the tool would just show a red dot and maybe a "take me to the logs" button, that would be huge.
Which is to say, I don't just want a diagram, cause diagrams get outdated, I want a dashboard. Dashboards get updated, cause you look at them.
Thank you! That's a great idea and it's what I'm working towards. I'd like the ability to connect your diagrams to various event sources or even metadata, to help keep them alive. At the moment though, I'm trying to put together the building blocks to get there.
There is one feature I always wished existed in engineering diagramming tools: it's the ability to hook up some logging or status report.
For instance, on each of these nodes, there could be an ID, and I would send a post request from my servers that says "node ID x is down", and the tool would just show a red dot and maybe a "take me to the logs" button, that would be huge.
Which is to say, I don't just want a diagram, cause diagrams get outdated, I want a dashboard. Dashboards get updated, cause you look at them.
Anyways, just a thought.
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