Can software developers draw pictures?
summary
Quick survey of free text-to-diagram tools with a linked GitHub of examples and demos. Shows converting plain text specs into class, sequence and architecture diagrams, turns a ~20-line description into a usable architecture image in minutes, exports SVG/PNG and offers plant-style and block layouts, integrates with VS Code and CI pipelines. Notes practical limits: layout quirks, manual tweaking required for complex systems, and which tools handle C++-style UML well versus which fail on large diagrams.
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