I built an online state machine editor
I built it with some thoughts to solve some centralized state management problems.
I built an online state machine editor launched on May 17, 2024 with 11 votes, #1,156 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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Protocol Designer is an online editor for creating state machines. Built to address centralized state management challenges, it provides a visual interface for designing and working with state machine logic. The tool is aimed at developers and software architects who need to map out complex state transitions and workflows. It launched in May 2024 and is available at protocoldesigner.dev.
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