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Re:Combustion Engine Web-Based Simulator on Friday July 10, 2026 @03:34PM (#48864212)
really interesting project - would be good to see a link to a repo
Re:Codemaps: Understand Code, Before You Vibe It on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @04:35AM (#45821125)
I'm currently building one based on tree-sitter: https://github.com/CRJFisher/code-charter. It's still in development but will be released soon (this year). Will support Python, JS/TS, Rust to begin with others (like Java) to follow.
Re:Claude.ai Is Down on Friday October 31, 2025 @06:23AM (#45770382)
Time to review the slop
Re:We need visual programming. No, not like that on Monday July 15, 2024 @12:38PM (#40969365)
This article really hits home for me. I've been working on a tool called Code Charter, which aims to do exactly what you're advocating for: provide visual representations of code that make it easier to understand.

I'm taking a slightly different approach than some of the tools mentioned here. Code Charter uses successive LLM calls to distill the key patterns (i.e. business logic) in code, creating a semantic map for call graphs in a codebase. This is useful for understanding the architecture of a project and, during development, for moving between the high level and the implementation code.

It is still in development and will be released soon as an extension for VSCode.

Check it out if you're interested: https://github.com/CRJFisher/code-charter