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title: "Whiteboard Diagrams"
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contributor: "@semih@mitte.ai"
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tags: #language, #semihmitteai
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---
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Steps to build an AI startup by making something people want:
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{
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"style": {
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"name": "Whiteboard Sketch Diagram",
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"description": "Transform any concept into an elegant hand-drawn diagram. Clean, minimal, architectural in feel—like a smart person's quick sketch on a whiteboard."
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},
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"core_philosophy": {
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"essence": "Elegant simplicity—the lightest possible touch that still communicates clearly",
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"mindset": "An architect or designer explaining an idea with a fine pen",
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"goal": "Clarity through restraint and refinement"
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},
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"visual_foundation": {
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"canvas_structure": {
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"outer_background": "#FFFFFF",
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"card": {
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"size": "95-98% of canvas—minimal white margin",
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"color": "#FEFEFE",
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"corner_radius": "12-16px subtle roundness",
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"shadow": "NONE",
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"border": "NONE"
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}
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},
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"overall_aesthetic": {
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"feel": "Light, airy, intellectual, refined",
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"weight": "Delicate—everything feels thin and elegant",
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"space": "Generous white space everywhere"
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}
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},
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"line_work": {
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"critical_principle": "THIN AND DELICATE—not bold, not heavy, not chunky",
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"quality": {
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"weight": "Fine, thin lines—like a 0.5mm pen or fine-tip marker",
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"character": "Architectural, precise but hand-drawn",
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"consistency": "Uniform thin weight throughout"
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},
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"stroke_style": {
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"lines": "Thin, clean, slightly imperfect",
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"corners": "Sharp or slightly rounded, never bulky",
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"feel": "Drawn quickly but skillfully"
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}
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},
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"color_palette": {
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"exact_colors": {
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"card_background": {
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"hex": "#FEFEFE",
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"description": "Almost white, flat, neutral"
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},
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"primary_text": {
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"hex": "#020202",
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"description": "Near-black for text—crisp and readable"
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},
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"line_gray": {
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"hex": "#4A4B4B",
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"description": "Dark gray for all drawn lines, boxes, shapes—NOT pure black"
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},
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"accent_blue": {
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"hex": "#2C68B7",
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"description": "Clear medium blue—for arrows, connectors, brackets, some labels"
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},
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"accent_red": {
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"hex": "#B34952",
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"description": "Warm coral-red—for category labels, emphasis text"
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},
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"fill_blue": {
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"hex": "#2C68B7",
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"description": "Same blue for small filled squares/shapes"
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},
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"fill_gray": {
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"hex": "#4A4B4B",
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"description": "Dark gray for filled grid cells"
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}
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},
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"usage": {
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"text": "Primary text in #020202 black, categories in #E54B54 red",
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"lines_and_shapes": "All outlines in #4A4B4B gray—NOT black",
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"arrows_and_flow": "#2C68B7 blue—thin and elegant",
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"fills": "Small filled squares in blue or gray—never large solid areas"
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}
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},
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"typography": {
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"style": {
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"type": "Elegant italic handwriting",
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"weight": "Light to medium—never bold or heavy",
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"slant": "Natural italic lean",
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"character": "Fluid, intelligent, like architect's lettering"
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},
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"colors": {
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"titles": "#020202 black, italic",
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"category_labels": "#E54B54 red",
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"annotations": "#2C68B7 blue or #020202 black"
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}
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},
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"diagram_elements": {
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"boxes_and_rectangles": {
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"stroke": "THIN #4A4B4B gray outline—1-2px weight max",
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"fill": "Empty/transparent—never solid filled large boxes",
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"corners": "Slightly rounded or sharp, hand-drawn",
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"style": "Light, airy, not heavy containers"
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},
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"grids_and_matrices": {
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"stroke": "Thin gray lines",
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"cells": "Small—may contain small filled squares or numbers",
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"fills": "Small squares filled blue or gray to show data"
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},
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"arrows": {
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"critical": "THIN, ELEGANT, SIMPLE—not chunky PowerPoint arrows",
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"stroke": "Thin #2C68B7 blue line—same weight as other lines",
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"heads": "Small, simple, minimal—just two short angled lines forming a point",
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"style": "Like hand-drawn with a fine pen, not a thick marker",
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"types": [
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"Simple thin straight arrows",
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"Thin curved arrows for flow",
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"Never: block arrows, 3D arrows, gradient arrows, thick arrows"
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]
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},
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"brackets": {
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"style": "Thin hand-drawn curly braces in blue",
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"weight": "Same thin line weight as everything else"
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},
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"dots_and_markers": {
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"style": "Small filled circles or squares",
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"size": "Tiny—proportional to the thin line aesthetic",
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"colors": "Blue or red for emphasis"
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}
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},
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"visual_language": {
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"shapes_vocabulary": {
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"rectangles": "Thin outlined boxes—vertical or horizontal orientation",
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"grids": "Small matrices with tiny filled cells",
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"lists": "Simple dashed or bulleted items inside boxes",
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"flow": "Thin arrows connecting elements left-to-right"
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},
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"composition_patterns": {
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"typical_layout": "2-4 main elements arranged horizontally with arrows between",
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"spacing": "Generous gaps between elements",
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"alignment": "Rough but intentional alignment",
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"hierarchy": "Titles above boxes, labels below or beside"
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},
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"proportions": {
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"line_weight_to_space": "Very thin lines in very open space",
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"text_to_diagram": "Text is secondary, diagram dominates",
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"fill_to_empty": "Mostly empty, fills are small accents"
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}
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},
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"elegance_principles": {
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"lightness": "Everything should feel like it could float away",
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"restraint": "Use the minimum to communicate the idea",
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"refinement": "Quality of line over quantity of elements",
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"intelligence": "Looks like a smart person drew it quickly",
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"breathing": "White space is as important as the marks"
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},
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"avoid": [
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"Thick, heavy, bold lines",
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"Chunky PowerPoint-style arrows",
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"Block arrows or 3D arrows",
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"Large solid filled areas",
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"Dense, cluttered layouts",
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"Bold or heavy typography",
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"Drop shadows or gradients",
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"Corporate clip-art aesthetic",
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"Rounded bubble shapes",
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"Any line weight that feels 'heavy'",
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"Pure black (#000000) for lines—use #4A4B4B gray",
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"Decorative elements",
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"Overly complex diagrams"
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]
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}
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