alixanderwang

Yes, I'm planning to open-source it tomorrow.

I love this hahah. Diagrams as a comic book.

The urge to add silly stuff like this vs working on v2 of sequence diagram that has much more demand is often tempting.

The purpose is to make use of a dimension of the visual space previously unused to make diagrams more expressive.

Even if it's something simple like a node turning from green to red to convey it's shutting down. Maybe something like that before animations would be a text saying, "this node will shut down now", which takes reading/zooming into text.

I also think it can, if used well, result in diagrams that ⋆⋆spark joy⋆⋆. People like to see diagrams like that, even if it's not more utilitarian. I think sketch mode is an example of this. It changes the font to an objectively less readable one, yet I often hear people make all their D2 diagrams in sketch mode.

What if that style is already used though? (e.g. other connections are red)

At the very least, assuming you're correct the current slow infrastructure is by design, it seems good there are options.

A business can choose if they want

1. slow, pay for customer support and fraud protection

2. instant, lower cost, mistakes are irreversible