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Comment by tptacek

3 hours ago

Graph layout is a famously hard problem!

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mcapodici  1 hour ago

I wonder if it is almost like writing. In that to make the diagram that communicates well you need to have solved the problem properly.

thegagne  43 minutes ago

I have had good luck with D2 and elk or dagre. If you get into the nitty gritty of elk you can do a _lot_ with it.

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