Nice! I think this is a step in the right direction of the future of IDEs. So tired of switching between dozens of tabs which are either sorted by name (fixed and useless) or usage (chaotic) in common IDEs like Intellij and VSCode.
Show HN: Haystack – an IDE for exploring and editing code on an infinite canvas
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Re: Show HN: Haystack – an IDE for exploring and editing code on an infinite canvas
#42Congrats on the launch. I've actually been going in a totally separate direction lately, it helps with my focus and ADHD tendencies to jump around and get overwhelmed. 1. One window. 2. Minimal everything. 3. Most importantly, no tree navigation. If I need to jump to a file, I either use recents menu in Intellij or use file markers to jump to it, means I have to remember the filemarker and have intent to go there (I'…
> For large and mature codebases like you mention, I just use LLM to guide me around.
How? What do you call large mature codebases? In my experience LLMs already make many mistakes and assumptions just in one file?
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#43I'm not sure about the AI features but the concept of working with code on a canvas and having some sort of flowchart UI has been a dream of mine for some time. I mainly do data processing and draw lots of flowcharts for communicating pipelines and also for myself. Having a development UI which goes in that direction somewhat would be great for handling unwieldy codebases written by non-CS folk.
Is a tool like LabView what you have in mind?
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#44> We do not store or log your code anywhere. We do send snippets of your code to Open AI as input for our navigational copilot. We'll add an option to disable this soon. I look forward to checking this out once that option is in place.
Agreed. That should have been a opt-in from day one!
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#45it brings me a thought: is it just me who kind of hate the "super-modular-files-with-10-lines" way of doing things today? would love to get back to the way of doing things in the past, like super well-commented files, with hooks here and there to help you navigate, single file for single contexts...
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#46I think the title should make it clear it’s macOS only, before getting my hopes high to test it out, it looks interesting nonetheless.
Added a Linux download if that's the platform you're using!
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#48Oh nooooo, this is MacOS only? This is amazing and I need this so badly.
I am so sorry! Our immediate next priority is to get this on Linux and Windows. May I ask which OS you use so we can get it done now?
I use Windows primarily. I don't expect you to rush anything, but definitely looking forward for a multi-platform release.
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#49Oh nooooo, this is MacOS only? This is amazing and I need this so badly.
Just added a Linux download!
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#50Looks interesting, but the contrast between white background and actual windows is preventing me to use it. How can it be changed?