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Simplicity matters, that's why a picture is worth a thousand words.

Here are some tools written in Python or just open source, that will help to make your ideas and architecture accessible to the rest of the world.

You can also draw ASCII diagrams by hand using Far Manager (Windows, BSD):

  1. Shift-F4, open or create new file
  2. F11, call plugin menu
  3. D, use Draw lines plugin
  4. Shift-Arrows to draw lines and boxes
  5. F1, if you're lost
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