Show HN: VoiceDraw – Talk system design out loud, the diagrams draw themselves

Show HN: VoiceDraw – Talk system design out loud, the diagrams draw themselves(voicedraw.com)

21 points by ajaypanthagani 3 hours ago | 8 comments

I was frustated by having to draw system design diagrams by hand when discussing it with my team mates or in an interview. So I thought "Wouldn't it be great if someone draws it for me, while I think out loud?".

That is when I came up with VoiceDraw. You can just think out loud or discuss your system architecture with a friend/interviewer, the diagrams are automatically drawn along with your reasoning, open questions and tradeoffs beautifully written on to the side.

Demo Video: https://youtu.be/36PgHKSuccE

eranation 39 minutes ago |

Great idea! Just quick feedback. Asked it to “Draw a pelican riding a bicycle.”

On mobile the response (not a technical diagram) wasn’t visible, initially thought it just didn’t work).

Asked it then to draw a diagram for an X replacement, it nailed it.

ajaypanthagani 37 minutes ago | |

Thanks for trying it out, noted on the response toast visibility on mobile. Will fix it asap.

faldor20 51 minutes ago |

It's a great idea and something I would absolutely use. However I can't get it to draw anything at all. I just get one single box or some messy rubbish

abdullahkhalids 1 hour ago |

I am getting a "can’t connect to the server at voicedraw.com" error

ajaypanthagani 1 hour ago | |

Thanks for reporting. Could you share your browser, OS, and country? Also, did voicedraw.com fail to load entirely in the browser, or were you able to open the site before seeing the error?

abdullahkhalids 42 minutes ago | | |

macOS Tahoe, Firefox 151.0.4, Canada.

It's a connection error, so closer to "did voicedraw.com fail to load entirely in the browser,"

whiteros_e 2 hours ago |

the diagrams look better than what I would draw myself

ajaypanthagani 37 minutes ago | |

Thank you for trying it out! Glad you liked it