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Cool anecdote. Mine is that they have been useful in nearly every systems design I’ve been a part of early on. You don’t think visually/spatially, some people do.

Putting boxes with lines clearly groups responsibilities and defines which pieces are related.

It’s the same reason org charts exist. It doesn’t tell you how a company functions but it very quickly tells you who answers to who.




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