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Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas

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Re: Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas

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Post by akshaysg »

pcarbonn wrote: post #170
pcarbonn wrote: post #169

Thanks! I'll certainly give it a try. Not sure what the business model should be, though. You may want to take some inspiration from prezi.com. One could write prezi-like HS workspaces to document some particular workflows. You would want the possibility to add text to the canvas (outside of the code editors), and allow zooming in/out from editors. This could be a premium feature that large companies want to pay for.

In fact, one approach could be to sell a premium version with collaborative tools (such as sharing workspaces with colleagues).

Yup this is our plan! Collaborative features + Gen AI features as part of premium version.

Re: Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas

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Post by groby_b »

cdchn wrote: post #165
groby_b wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At this point, that seems dubious - your inner ear is going to go all inner ear on you, no matter what. Unless you get to turn that off, VR is not it.

I hope our code-editor-in-VR wouldn't involve flying around like hilarious depictions of "The Gibson" in bad sci-fi movies.

Doesn't matter. As long as you use VR to display a virtual 3D environment and you move within it, your inner ear will fight with your vision system if you're moving or not. If the visual system and the accelerometer don't agree, the positioning system throws an exception.

And, for whatever reason, the human exception handler for that problem is firmly linked to the barf() subroutine ;)

Re: Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas

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Post by Blaec »

Folks following this discussion might be interested in knowing about CoCalc's Whiteboard implementation. https://cocalc.com/features/whiteboard

You can access cocalc.com via your web browser to use the Whiteboard. It's an infinite canvas where you can write using a pen and tablet (like an iPad), make sticky notes using LaTeX/Markdown (or Rich Text), and run Jupyter cells.

The platform supports many kernels without the hassle of installation, including Python, R, Julia, Octave, SageMath, and more. You can also use custom kernel environments...

Re: Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas

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Post by yatvij »

bofadeez wrote: post #174

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This seems to be a common false-positive. We just signed it with GlobalSign and re-uploaded it to the site; this appears to have fixed VirusTotal's Bkav Pro W32.AIDetectMalware check.

Re: Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas

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Post by cdchn »

groby_b wrote: post #172
cdchn wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope our code-editor-in-VR wouldn't involve flying around like hilarious depictions of "The Gibson" in bad sci-fi movies.

Doesn't matter. As long as you use VR to display a virtual 3D environment and you move within it, your inner ear will fight with your vision system if you're moving or not. If the visual system and the accelerometer don't agree, the positioning system throws an exception. And, for whatever reason, the human exception handler for that problem is firmly linked to the barf() subroutine ;)

Like I said, as long as you're not flying around- moving within it, then your inner ear doesn't care. Turning your head doesn't count. I don't see a need in a code-in-VR system to move like that. And most VR games solve this my having your teleport instead of translate.

I think the barf routine is because when your brain senses your vestibular system not working it thinks "oops I must be poisoned" and tries to make you throw up.

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