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Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

#21
At first was excited when I clicked the link. I think for some people, this is a fantastic solution.

However, for me, what I was hoping it was/ one thing I'm still looking for: Feed in my whole repo to the GPT-4 API, train on it, and ask questions about the code base/ particular functions. Has anyone seen that?

Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

#22
post #21

At first was excited when I clicked the link. I think for some people, this is a fantastic solution. However, for me, what I was hoping it was/ one thing I'm still looking for: Feed in my whole repo to the GPT-4 API, train on it, and ask questions about the code base/ particular functions. Has anyone seen that?

This will be awesome when it's possible! I often wish GitHub Copilot knew more about my repo than it does.

Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

#23
post #21

At first was excited when I clicked the link. I think for some people, this is a fantastic solution. However, for me, what I was hoping it was/ one thing I'm still looking for: Feed in my whole repo to the GPT-4 API, train on it, and ask questions about the code base/ particular functions. Has anyone seen that?

haven't used it yet but Tzap looks like it'd fit the bill

- https://github.com/tzapio/tzap

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36377918

Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

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post #18
post #16

This is neat, but, as with all projects in this vein, I fail to see the real value add. We've had ML-powered code generation for several years now (Copilot released publicly in late 2021), and apart from a cute novelty, there's no real use case I've found. ( Maybe except for generating tests, but when dealing with a novel code base, the models really can't figure out dependency injection, mocks, weird edge cases I'd…

You're telling me you've never once pressed "TAB" to auto-fill the line or even several lines with Copilot? Because about half of the letters in my source code is now Copilot generated. The value added is that you don't send your source code to OpenAI and/or their parent org Microsoft.

Microsoft has owned GitHub since 2018.

Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

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post #16

This is neat, but, as with all projects in this vein, I fail to see the real value add. We've had ML-powered code generation for several years now (Copilot released publicly in late 2021), and apart from a cute novelty, there's no real use case I've found. ( Maybe except for generating tests, but when dealing with a novel code base, the models really can't figure out dependency injection, mocks, weird edge cases I'd…

I think this is just a marketing ploy jumping on the Generative AI bandwagon. In real world, this will not work as the actual output might really confuse the end user.

Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

#27

Wow, a new low code app generator! And it even managed to shoehorn ChatGPT in! How exciting!

A lowcode app generator that "used" appsmith's open source project to build on, gamed hacker news to be on the top page once, has a new low code app generator with shoehorned chatgpt.

ZIRP Hustle is real.

Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

#28
post #21

At first was excited when I clicked the link. I think for some people, this is a fantastic solution. However, for me, what I was hoping it was/ one thing I'm still looking for: Feed in my whole repo to the GPT-4 API, train on it, and ask questions about the code base/ particular functions. Has anyone seen that?

My tool aider lets you ask GPT questions about a git repo, as well as letting you ask gpt to edit the code. Here's an example of exploring and then modifying an open source js repo:

https://aider.chat/examples/2048-game.html

Here's an article about how it does that:

https://aider.chat/docs/ctags.html

I think bloop is also good for searching and Q&A against code. I'm not sure if it will let you edit/modify the code though.

https://bloop.ai

Re: Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps

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post #21

At first was excited when I clicked the link. I think for some people, this is a fantastic solution. However, for me, what I was hoping it was/ one thing I'm still looking for: Feed in my whole repo to the GPT-4 API, train on it, and ask questions about the code base/ particular functions. Has anyone seen that?

Ever heard of Cody by Sourcegraph?

about.sourcegraph.com

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