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

Post by kaiquegoste » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 5:44 PM UTC

jsiepkes wrote: post #140

20after4 wrote: post #112

This looks really interesting and well thought out. Nonetheless, I feel like the OS window manager should provide this kind of experience, with appropriate hooks so that an IDE can implement this sort of experience with native windows. I really liked using PaperWM¹ for a while, however, I'm still waiting for it to get more stable. Another system that is sort of similar to this concept, Pipeworld² (part of the Arcan p…

> I feel like the OS window manager should provide this kind of experience GIMP (the OSS Photoshop-style tool) had this idea for literally over a decade and eventually gave up on it because they never got it to work well.

Post by einsteinx2 » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 10:24 PM UTC

trte9343r4 wrote: post #146

nusl wrote: post #131

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This appears to run within VSCode from the demo videos, as opposed to being standalone. You get everything you get there. If you use Idea tools you're out of luck I guess.

> out of luck Idea can already do everything Haystack can do (open several editor windows, only open single method, code navigation, callers...). On large screens (quad 32" 4k) it is quite useful. But a bit more refined experience would be nice.

Post by bhairav » Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 7:07 PM UTC

Post by akshaysg » Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 7:47 PM UTC

bhairav wrote: post #215

Tried this tool, but cannot navigate through a python project. Is this something that is not supported at this time?

Post by akshaysg » Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 10:22 PM UTC

Sakos wrote: post #48

akshaysg wrote: post #10

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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.