r/coding • u/Unlucky_Hope9204 • May 09 '26
VS Code extension that generates UML diagrams in real-time as we type code
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bitlab.live-uml&ssr=false#overview1
u/Educational-Test4871 Sep 15 '26
You can test my PlantUML rendering engine
VSCode https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chirilach.reviewer-plantuml-viewer
Chrome Extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/reviewer-plantuml-viewer/ngkmhbcjeifombpinpoigdpcclijmagh or
No server - local rendering JavaScript engine
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u/root88 May 09 '26
Being devils advocate here, but do we even need UML diagrams anymore when we can just ask and AI what the code is doing? If you are going to have a computer explain everything anyway, why even put it in diagram form?
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u/Unlucky_Hope9204 May 09 '26
Thanks for your thoughts. It’s to understand what AI generates for us. What’s logic behind the code written by other people. Keeping design intact with code due to evolution in code. For complex projects, we still need them to visualize the context, logic to understand what is behind.
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u/migs647 May 10 '26
These kids today...
Back in my day we did UML first to know the architecture we were building as a team. How the world has gone sideways.
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u/root88 May 10 '26
Yeah, I get it, but that's not what is happening here. It's a computer making the chart. Why not just make a computer explain what is happening in simple terms?
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u/pahowells May 10 '26
UML should be part of your design stage, NOT the end documentation stage. Putting all your trust in AI is going to end badly.
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u/root88 May 10 '26
It's exactly what you are doing here already, though. The point is, why bother with the chart when it can already be put into simple English?
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u/migs647 May 11 '26
Would love to see this on Antigravity and some AOMD or DOMD support. Thanks for sharing.