Ask HN: Software Architecture Tools?
For context, the codebase I'm working on is a big ball of mud. Normally, I can map code in my head. But a lot of it is unintuitive, and there are pockets of repeated and hacky code. Boundaries are strictly written in some places, and non-existent in others. There's tons of global objects just stored in memory somewhere. A lot of stuff is labeled "item_" and in some generic folder.
So I'd like to draw the architecture to clearly visualize what the architecture currently is, and what it should be. I'd also like to "zoom" a level, e.g. identify the purpose of a layer, then the implementation of it, and implementations and relations around certain subclasses.
I think something like draw.io does the trick, but I figure there are better tools out there. A mind mapping tool could also work, but I haven't found any that I'm more comfortable with over pen and paper.
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https://www.ilograph.com/
If you need more UML-like stuff check out https://plantuml.com
Also, if you get stuck (sometimes it's pointless to diagram the arch as is), try to describe the architecture in sentences and pseudo-code.