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Diagram layout engines: Minimizing hierarchical edge crossings

A deep dive into how a layout engine handles hierarchical diagram structures.

January 26, 2023
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Generate diagrams programmatically

This article demonstrates how to generate diagrams programmatically with D2.

January 11, 2023
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How to draw beautiful software architecture diagrams (part 1)

Part 1 of a series of articles on simple steps to follow to achieve functional beauty for your software architecture diagrams.

September 22, 2022
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Web3's Ultimate Sources of Truth

An introduction to Oracles, the unnoticed power source behind the extreme growth of web3 applications in the past couple of years.

November 28, 2021
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Introducing Github Sync

Terrastruct’s Github Sync lets you automatically sync diagrams to a Github repository. Every hour, if there are changes to your diagram, a push is made by our bot. See how it works and why we think you'll love it.

February 1, 2021
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Practical intermediate database tips

This guide is for people who know a little about how databases and SQL work, and are venturing into setting up a database and writing SQL for production for the first time.

August 14, 2020
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Functional testing with your database in Go

This blog post describes a successful end-to-end testing setup that took some iterating to get to, and it's one I wish existed when I started with a Go API backend.

May 6, 2020
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What frontend engineers should know about backend

A short list of topics that a frontend engineer should know about the backend

March 2, 2020
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10 tips for using diagrams to ace the system design interview

An expert who's interviewed hundreds of candidates at top companies shares their tips on how to use diagrams effectively during a system architecture design interview.

February 13, 2020
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