What we learned copying all the best code assistants

Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by viewhub on Friday January 03, 2025 @05:47PM (#42590308)

Windsurf + Haskell w/ CLI tools has been pretty amazing. Windsurf's agent will loop for minutes on its own to figure out the right structure of a program. You just need to tell it to:

- use the hoogle cli to search for the right types and functions

- include a comprehensive test suite

- run a build after every code change

- run tests after every successful build

GHC + a Claude-based agent is a thing to behold.

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by anonymoushn on Friday January 03, 2025 @07:46PM (#42591112)

What's the maximum file size for which this is useful in your experience? I have been refactoring some project solely to enable AI code editors to edit it. Some users in the discord suggest a maximum file size of 500LOC or small, which seems unreasonable.

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by stevekrouse on Friday January 03, 2025 @05:52PM (#42590347)

Woah, that sounds awesome! I'd love to see how you set that up and how much it can do without your intervention/approval for various actions. Might you have a video of your workflow that you could share?

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by viewhub on Friday January 03, 2025 @06:26PM (#42590614)

Sure, I'll record a little something with Loom for you tomorrow.

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by djsavvy on Friday January 03, 2025 @07:46PM (#42591115)

fascinating, would love to see this as well when you do.

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by jmj on Friday January 03, 2025 @09:02PM (#42591614)

Please, me too!

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by kubb on Saturday January 04, 2025 @08:01AM (#42594448)

I’d love to take a look as well!

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by johtso on Saturday January 04, 2025 @08:26AM (#42594565)

Also interested!

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by azthecx on Sunday January 05, 2025 @10:06AM (#42602211)

I am curious on this setup, did you ever publish a video?

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Re:What we learned copying all the best code assistants by kbr- on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @03:59PM (#42638374)

OP will surely deliver, let's just wait.

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