Show HN: Haystack – an IDE for exploring and editing code on an infinite canvas

Post by karolist » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 10:59 PM UTC

asp_hornet wrote: post #42

karolist wrote: post #20

Congrats 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?

Post by promiseofbeans » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 11:11 PM UTC

cl3misch wrote: post #38

I'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.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 11:27 PM UTC

cl3misch wrote: post #38

I'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.

Post by theteapot » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 11:30 PM UTC

Post by constantine69 » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 11:31 PM UTC

Ataraxy wrote: post #28

In my minds eye I've been yearning to see an IDE that focuses on a zoomable interface. This looks like a good start.