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Tutorials, guides, and insights about diagrams as code.
Initiative Status Diagrams with Boxes and Lines
Drive alignment on big initiatives with a simple boxes-and-lines diagram colored by status. Stakeholders, engineers, and leaders all read it at a glance.
Using DGMO with AI: MCP, Claude Code, Cursor, and More
DGMO is plain text — which makes it a natural fit for AI-assisted diagramming. Here's every integration available: MCP server, Claude Code skill, Cursor rules, Copilot instructions, and more.
Infrastructure Diagrams: Complete Reference
Model infrastructure topology with live traffic simulation. Define components, set capacity and latency, add caching and firewalls, simulate scenarios — DGMO computes RPS, availability, and latency percentiles automatically.
Mermaid vs DGMO: Which Diagram Tool Should You Use?
A practical comparison of Mermaid and DGMO for text-based diagramming. Syntax, features, rendering, ecosystem, and when to pick each one.
How to Create Sequence Diagrams from Text
Learn how to create sequence diagrams from plain text using DGMO. Step-by-step tutorial covering participants, messages, notes, loops, and more — with live examples.
Diagrams as Code: Why Developers Are Moving from GUI Tools to Text
GUI diagram tools break version control, slow down teams, and rot in wikis. Text-based diagrams live in your repo, render automatically, and stay current. Here's why developers are making the switch.