New blog post! After years of annoying shenanigans, I discovered that nowadays it's *really* straightforward to get tikz diagrams in #QuartoPub to automatically turn into SVGs in HTML, docx, and Typst! Install Inkscape, install a Quarto extension, and you're done. www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2026/02...
![2. Install the diagram extension in a Quarto project. Create a new Quarto project. From the terminal, run this to install the diagram extension:
quarto install extension pandoc-ext/diagram
3. Tell your document to use the extension. Add this to the YAML header of a Quarto document:
filters:
- diagram
4. Add a .tikz block to your document. Add a tikz code block to your document like this:
```{.tikz}
\begin{tikzpicture}[>={stealth}]
\node (x) at (0,0) {$X_{t}$};
\node (y) at (2,0) {$Y_{t + 1}$};
\node (z) at (1,1) {$Z$};
\path[->] (z) edge (x);
\path[->] (z) edge (y);
\path[->] (x) edge (y);
\end{tikzpicture}
```
5. Render! Render the document to PDF and you should see a diagram. Render it to HTML or .docx or Typst and it should use inkscape to convert it to SVG. Magic.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zcfjzyocp6kapg6jc4eacok/bafkreifut33lozgqgp3ualtpkyze47rtkjoysfginsohfykakfibqzetyu)
February 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
New blog post! After years of annoying shenanigans, I discovered that nowadays it's *really* straightforward to get tikz diagrams in #QuartoPub to automatically turn into SVGs in HTML, docx, and Typst! Install Inkscape, install a Quarto extension, and you're done. www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2026/02...
Daily TikZ show off. 😁😁😁
November 7, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Daily TikZ show off. 😁😁😁
Another TikZ masterpiece I cooked up today 🧪⚛️🧮
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Another TikZ masterpiece I cooked up today 🧪⚛️🧮
I'm having fun with graphs, LaTeX, and TikZ today
October 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'm having fun with graphs, LaTeX, and TikZ today
I don't care what the haters say, tikz is nice, can have a tiny fish for a treat
![code to generate the tikz plot:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[axis lines = left, xlabel = $T$, ylabel = $f$,
width=7cm, height=4cm,
tick label style={font=\tiny},
label style={font=\small} ]
\addplot[domain=-3:27.5, red, thick, samples=70]
{exp( (x-25)/(0.5*(30-25)) )*( 1 - (x-25)/(0.5*(30-25)) )};
\node at (100,500) {\includegraphics[width=1.25cm]{fish.jpg}};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ta2whs6wjtpljvpqgs5leu36/bafkreigw4x5f2cfs5lm2g5koapngbpo7dphniz5bpyzbwzbymyn7b5ndmq)
July 30, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I don't care what the haters say, tikz is nice, can have a tiny fish for a treat
i still hate tikz
in other news: i hate tikz
December 23, 2024 at 12:19 AM
i still hate tikz
genuinely fucking scary how good LLMs are with tikz drawing now, rip my tikz wizard skills these bitches have me beat hands down fuck
February 17, 2026 at 11:38 PM
genuinely fucking scary how good LLMs are with tikz drawing now, rip my tikz wizard skills these bitches have me beat hands down fuck
I'm back to drawing string diagrams by hand. It's easier than tikz, even with Claude's help.
May 14, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I'm back to drawing string diagrams by hand. It's easier than tikz, even with Claude's help.
virgin tikz vs chad whatever this is
August 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
virgin tikz vs chad whatever this is
Made a little Cognitive Science hexagon in TikZ if you like that sort of thing. Feel free to use to make your own. I actually think I sometimes prefer if Computer Science is there and not AI. 😊
github.com/oliviaguest/...
github.com/oliviaguest/...
February 14, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Made a little Cognitive Science hexagon in TikZ if you like that sort of thing. Feel free to use to make your own. I actually think I sometimes prefer if Computer Science is there and not AI. 😊
github.com/oliviaguest/...
github.com/oliviaguest/...
made a lot of good plots in tikz. thank u opus 5.5
September 29, 2026 at 3:58 AM
made a lot of good plots in tikz. thank u opus 5.5
My first two TiKZ Sparks unicorns from DeepSeek v4. Um.
(Expert mode, from the DeepSeek site, which is supposed to be v4 Pro according to the release)
(Expert mode, from the DeepSeek site, which is supposed to be v4 Pro according to the release)
April 24, 2026 at 4:11 AM
My first two TiKZ Sparks unicorns from DeepSeek v4. Um.
(Expert mode, from the DeepSeek site, which is supposed to be v4 Pro according to the release)
(Expert mode, from the DeepSeek site, which is supposed to be v4 Pro according to the release)
is there a Nice Way to have tikz stuff (include/import idk) or do we just interrupt our math for giant piles of tikz instructions?
#Mathsky
#Mathsky
July 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
is there a Nice Way to have tikz stuff (include/import idk) or do we just interrupt our math for giant piles of tikz instructions?
#Mathsky
#Mathsky
Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX | Discussion
TikZ Editor
Free WYSIWYG editor for TikZ diagrams in LaTeX. Drag elements and the TikZ code updates instantly, without disturbing your formatting.
tikz.dev
June 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX | Discussion
oh i didn't use tikz, that's probably why
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
oh i didn't use tikz, that's probably why
tikz is proof that god exists and It fucking hates us and wants us to suffer
July 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM
tikz is proof that god exists and It fucking hates us and wants us to suffer
For the curious ones, here's the cat's TikZ code.
December 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM
For the curious ones, here's the cat's TikZ code.
My pelican test was partly inspired by the TikZ unicorn thing, it came first!
February 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
My pelican test was partly inspired by the TikZ unicorn thing, it came first!
One of the better arguments that Claude is human-level intelligence is that it doesn't understand tikz either.
September 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
One of the better arguments that Claude is human-level intelligence is that it doesn't understand tikz either.
LaTeX/Tikz challenge:
Define commands \lune and \lense and then use them to make this season greetings:
Define commands \lune and \lense and then use them to make this season greetings:
January 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
LaTeX/Tikz challenge:
Define commands \lune and \lense and then use them to make this season greetings:
Define commands \lune and \lense and then use them to make this season greetings:
Since I post a lot about problems with LLMs, here's an example of something they're pretty darn good at. For a collaborative project, I wanted to make the following figure using TikZ, a language for creating vector graphics within LaTeX documents. I've never used TikZ before.
February 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Since I post a lot about problems with LLMs, here's an example of something they're pretty darn good at. For a collaborative project, I wanted to make the following figure using TikZ, a language for creating vector graphics within LaTeX documents. I've never used TikZ before.
I'll also shout out prefigure, which is (a) imo easier than tikz and (b) built for accessibility:
prefigure.org
prefigure.org
PreFigure
prefigure.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'll also shout out prefigure, which is (a) imo easier than tikz and (b) built for accessibility:
prefigure.org
prefigure.org
Somebody drew that (in Tikz??)!
May 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Somebody drew that (in Tikz??)!