Adding motion to diagrams
Static diagrams look boring. Arrows usually represent data flow, so why not animate that flow?
I rolled up my sleeves, fired up OpenAI Codex which I had been wanting to try for a while, and in about 30 minutes vibe-coded a CLI that turns static diagrams into animated GIFs.
Source code is here.
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After:
So far I tested it with Excalidraw exports. It might work with others too. I will check when needed.
Codex is really impressive. Zero hallucinations and it was proactively helpful.
Have fun ๐


