The Lost Art of Diagrams: Making Complex Ideas Easy to See with Python
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Shows how to turn technical documentation and project artifacts (architecture, SOPs, code concepts, sprints/roadmaps) into clear visual graphics using common illustration software and simple design guidelines. Covers concrete visual techniques — color, shapes, images, GIFs and memes — plus diagram style guides and step-by-step approaches to produce both simple and sophisticated diagrams for team communication.
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chapters (28)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:40SLIDES - QR CODE & URL - FOR THE FANS
- 1:28My Life in Diagrams
- 2:48Technical Drawings - Now
- 3:23Technical Drawings - Variety
- 4:39Diagram Problems.
- 5:44Why Diagrams Matter
- 6:07More Diagram Makers
- 6:31UX and Diagrams
- 6:57CORE FUNDAMENTALS
- 7:47Example - Hierarchy
- 8:23Example - Structure
- 8:42Example Contrast
- 9:40Example - Colors
- 10:20Example - Space Relation
- 11:20Radial
- 11:46Divergent
- 13:11Mermaid and Logic Flow
- 13:39Mermaid and Variety
- 14:49Logic Flow to Diagram
- 16:36Diagram Comparison
- 18:12Pdoc + Diagrams Module
- 20:29C4 Model - Diagram system by Simon Brown
- 21:03C4 Model - Diagram as Code
- 21:33C4 Model - Software Architecture
- 24:20Graphic Fundamentals
- 24:41CALL TO ACTION
- 25:50References
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