dominicdewalt

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Working on Mermaid Chart's product and growth. Interested in day to day software developer activities and opportunities to alleviate some pain :)

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Comment · 1 year ago

Hi! I'm Dominic from the Mermaid product team. You raise some good points here. We released the whiteboard to help users get an exact layout they'd like, but it's in its early stages and is undergoing a lot of improvements.

I understand that automatic layout algos is one of the big draws of Mermaid since it creates a lot of speed, but our current layouts can get a little convoluted. I like your idea on creating a machine learning model, but I'm curious what your biggest pain points are or if you have any basic requirements for a readable and aesthetic diagram. Is it made with hard corners on edges? Rounded?

Would love to hear any thoughts you might have on this! You can email me at [email protected] if you'd be willing to share. Thanks for your comment!

Comment · 1 year ago

Thanks @maho! We're hoping to keep the improvements flowing. I'm non-technical but from my perspective I thought Mermaid sequence diagram functionality really shines! Would love to fill the gap in my knowledge. What is better about https://sequencediagram.org/ than Mermaid sequence diagrams?

Comment · 1 year ago

This is really impressive! Excalidraw does some great work. Did you try Mermaid's integration with Obsidian? What was lacking and what ultimately hooked you on Excalidraw?

Comment · 1 year ago

This is definitely a gap in current Mermaid functionality. This is a gap we're aiming to close in 2025. Significant Whiteboard improvements and expanded diagram support is on the way! If you have a specific use case or diagram type you'd like us to keep in mind then let me know! [email protected]

Thanks for your comment:)

Comment · 1 year ago

Hi all, I'm Dominic and I'm on the product team at Mermaid. I enjoyed reading a lot of your feedback!

It seems there's several good ideas and thoughts on the direction of the platform that we'd love to learn more about. If you have problems with the current product, improvement requests, or would like to chat then let's connect! Please email me at [email protected] or book time on my calendar: (https://calendly.com/dominic-01w/mermaid-shapers-product-int...)

Thanks for taking a look at our latest release!

Comment · 2 years ago

I work on the Mermaid Chart product team and your comment here is extremely relevant to a big project I'm working on that will solve a lot of the problems you mentioned! Would you be willing to tell me more and give your thoughts on our plan for solutions?

If you're open to it, please send me an email at [email protected]!

I'd be happy to exchange an Amazon gift card for your time too!