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So... should I make all the systems models look like Figma diagrams or Excalidraw diagrams? And why?

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Figma is easier to read for me, both the text and the flows are clearer. But I think it matters what the rest of the book looks like as well. Escalidraw feels more hand drawn, more informal, so if the tone of the book is more ”figuring things out together” it might be the right choice

I'm leaning towards Excalidraw, mostly because I don't think it matters that much and I would only have to redo one image versus redoing ~15 of them.

Having actions on the lines and consistent arrows on parallel swim lanes makes the reader think we are talking about structures and flows rather than loose ideations and relations. So the first one for me.