From 81814fa5902ad42688671dc2724576ec1e62fe77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Noyes <andrew@weaselab.dev>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:00:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify flow chart

---
 README.md | 17 +++++------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8c793b..e00b26d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,22 +23,15 @@ WeaselJSON is a high-performance, streaming JSON parser that uses callbacks inst
 
 ```mermaid
 flowchart TD
-    A[Need to parse JSON?] --> B{Do you have memory constraints<br/>or do you want to parse partial data?}
+    A[Need to parse JSON?] --> B{Do you want to parse<br/>partial JSON documents?}
 
-    B -->|No| C{Is performance critical<br/>and data fits in memory?}
-    B -->|Yes| D{Can you control<br/>how the JSON is laid out?}
+    B -->|Yes| C[WeaselJSON<br/>Streaming parser<br/>Constant memory usage]
 
-    C -->|No| E[SimdJSON DOM API<br/>Fast and easy to use]
-    C -->|Yes| F{Are you OK with potential<br/>performance traps?}
+    B -->|No| D{Is maximum performance<br/>critical?}
 
-    F -->|Yes| G[SimdJSON On-Demand<br/>Very fast<br/>Nice API<br/>Forward-only traversal]
-    F -->|No| H[Consider weaseljson<br/>if you can deal with callbacks]
+    D -->|No| E[SimdJSON DOM<br/>Easy to use<br/>Good performance]
 
-    D -->|No| I{Can you preprocess data<br/>or make multiple requests?}
-    D -->|Yes| J[WeaselJSON<br/>Streaming performance<br/>Constant memory usage<br/>Harder to use]
-
-    I -->|No| K[Use SimdJSON DOM<br/>Deal with the tradeoffs]
-    I -->|Yes| L[WeaselJSON with<br/>data preprocessing]
+    D -->|Yes| F[SimdJSON On-Demand<br/>Fastest option<br/>Forward-only traversal]
 ```
 
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