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Shin Kim

Eraser 2.0 - The whiteboard for engineering teams

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Eraser is the whiteboard for engineering teams. Use keyboard flowcharting, diagram-as-code, and markdown notes to express technical ideas. 1M+ users have used Eraser to draw architecture diagrams, create design docs, and conduct system design interviews.

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Shin Kim
Maker
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Shin Kim, Founder of Eraser. Since launching on Product Hunt almost a year ago, we've been hard at work to create the perfect whiteboard for engineering teams and I'm excited to be back with a v2 launch. How are we different from other diagramming tools or sticky-centric whiteboards? Eraser is built for engineers. Technical whiteboarding requires a particular set of primitives. That's why Eraser replaces sticky notes with markdown support, code blocks, cloud icons, and code-generated-diagrams (aka diagram-as-code). Eraser is built for speed. In real-time conversations, one less click and keystroke makes the difference between a fluid conversation and a clunky one. That's why we have a keyboard-first approach to diagramming and a clean, minimal UI. In Eraser you can drawn an entire diagram without your hands leaving the keyboard, and when you need a tool, it's easy to find. Eraser can create visual docs. Too often, diagrams are drawn in some diagram tool and pasted into a doc editor. Updating content requires straddling two different tools. Eraser has a built-in note editor so you can write and draw in one tool. This makes it the ideal repository for your team's visual docs – technical design docs, architecture documentation, and system design interview artifacts. Curious to see more? Here are: A 90-second walk-through video 12 short clips showing key features (scroll down on our landing page) A gallery for your inspiration
Rishabh Agnihotri
@shin_kim1 Congratulations on the launch! Eraser has been extremely helpful for me to convert my thoughts into visual representations. Love the flexibility and simplicity of this product!
Shin Kim
Maker
@rishabh_agnihotri1 Thanks Rishabh, really appreciate the feedback from you and the 100ms team. Will be reaching out to you regarding that Notion integration 😉
Seems to be really helpful! Congrats!
Pierre VDK
Super useful product that really nailed the most important features needed for an engineering team!
Shin Kim
Maker
@pierrevdk Great to hear from you, Pierre. Thank you for the support!
Monty Kosma
Eraser gets so much right … partly what’s included and partly what’s not included … partly that it somehow feels geared to the right combination of text / keyboard vs drawing / trackpad. Hard to describe … I like Excalidraw, Figma, and Mermaid, for example. But I find myself way more productive with Eraser … Excalidraw is too unconstrained, Figma requires more drawing skill, and Mermaid is downright ugly.
Shin Kim
Maker
@monty_kosma I love your nuanced description of Eraser! I think that's exactly how we'd put it too :)
Divesh Sood
I've been using Eraser to plan all things marketing from the last couple of months [including a PH launch from few weeks back ;) ]. Eraser is the best white boarding tool I've used by far. Good luck, Shin!
Shin Kim
Maker
@sooddvs No wonder your launch was so successful!! https://www.producthunt.com/prod... 🤣🤣 Just joking, so much respect for the product your team is building at 100ms and thank you for letting Eraser be part of your toolkit!
Assaf Gavish
Very useful and intuitive
Shin Kim
Maker
@assaf_gavish Thank you for being a long-time user, Assaf!
Packy McCormick
Congrats on the launch @shin_kim1! I might start using this to structure essays.
Shin Kim
Maker
Thanks @packym! Honestly, it's perfect for that use case!
Kisang Pak
I've been using Erase for my engineering meetings and absolutely love it. What I love about Erase: - I can both write (text editor on left) like a word processor and draw on the right: It's important that I need both, especially to explain technical details - No sign-up required to share whiteboarding - Rich drawing functions such as duplicates and collaboration (leave comments) - Very, very fast Erase has become our default whiteboarding for our remote team. Congratulations @shin_kim1 and the entire Eraser team!
Shin Kim
Maker
@kisang_pak1 So happy that Eraser is resonating with your team! 🙏
Karan Kanwar
Looks like an awesome product! Sharing it with my engineering team. ps - your site is really well done! Out of curiosity, did you guys use an agency?
Shin Kim
Maker
@karan_kanwar Thanks Karan! Would love to know what your engineering team thinks. Yes, our website is on Webflow and we used a Webflow agency. Shoot me an email at shin@tryeraser.com and I can send you their details!
Knight 
any plan for mobile / ipad app ?
Shin Kim
Maker
@imknight Thank you for using Eraser! We currently support iPad / mobile browsers but don't have immediate plans for native apps. What are your main use cases for iPad / mobile?
Andrew Korin
awesome product!
Shin Kim
Maker
@andrew_korin Thanks Andrew!
Ankush Jadhav
@shin_kim1 Congratulations on the launch! We have been using eraser (via the Gather integration) and eraser is by far one of the best virtual whiteboarding solutions I have seen! Keep rocking!
Shin Kim
Maker
@ankush_jadhav Glad to hear Ankush. Let us know how we can do better!
Sun Kim
Congrats on the launch! My wife thinks it's weird that I love building flow diagrams for everything, but I really do! Trying it out now!
Shin Kim
Maker
@sunkim Some times (most times), you just need to map things out! Let us know what you think Sun!
matt knox
Just fantastic-I anticipate using this ALL THE TIME, for interviews, and hopefully design docs.
Shin Kim
Maker
@mattknox YESS!!
Volodymyr Kartavyi
@shin_kim1 Congratulations with the launch! Happy to see Eraser adding so many useful features! Glad I had a chance to see how everything started :) Well done!
Shin Kim
Maker
@vkartaviy Good to hear from you and we miss you Vlad!!
Gaurav Bhushan
Great to see the evolution ❤️
Shin Kim
Maker
@bgaurav Thank you Gaurav! 🙏
David Grills
I use Eraser in my classroom for student collaboration and incidentally, I am presenting to a teacher group today about how I use digital whiteboards including Eraser. Timely release! All the best!
Shin Kim
Maker
@david_grills 🙏 aww thank you! would be curious to know what other teachers think!
Ena Zheng
Congrats on the launch Shin! We use Eraser all the time at Fluxon :)
Shin Kim
Maker
@enazheng Really appreciate the great user feedback from the Fluxon team!
Brittany Joiner {Britt the Builder}
I like this!! Whiteboard, but for typically development workflows. Super handy!
Nikolas Dimitroulakis
That's nice. Engineering collaboration in a virtual setting is key. Happy to see more Dev productivity tools out there.