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by akshaysg 2y ago
This is fair! Not sure if you're a VS Code user, but our goal is to maintain a parity between the keyboard experience in VS Code and the keyboard experience in Haystack. All the keyboard shortcuts in VS Code still live in Haystack. If
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Yes (all launch HNs are YC-backed)
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by akshaysg 2y ago
We actually do try to make the canvas as keyboard navigable as possible. There are a list of keyboard bindings in the "Keybindings and Help" button on the bottom right. In terms of manually resizing, we actually do try to tile in
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by akshaysg 2y ago
1. You can hop back and forth using the "backward/forward" buttons in the top bar, similar to VS Code. Not sure if I misunderstood here. 2. That's fair. You can "pin" editors on the canvas, which allows you to
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by akshaysg 2y ago
I could be wrong but I don't believe it's difficult to monetize an extension. The reason I think there has been an explosion of VS Code forks (e.g. Supermaven, a very successful extension) is that being an extension in VS Code is
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by akshaysg 2y ago
We're going to make a "Haystack-lite" extension in the future! I understand the pain here. We chose to go with a VS-code fork so we could maximize the canvas features. I am curious if you would find the "canvas" vie
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Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas(github.com)
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Oof we've completely neglected this. Will work on this ASAP!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Hmm sorry for the irritation. I have a barrage of questions: 1. Which language is this for? 2. Do you have the relevant language server installed (i.e. the extension for the language specifically). 3. What OS are you on? 4. What else doesn&
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by akshaysg 2y ago
We just made the opt-out available on Linux. let me know if it's working for you!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Windows version is live!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
This is a cool concept along with VR, but probably very far down the line for us!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Unfortunately VS Code's Python language server is not open source. We're working on creating our own language server for Haystack, but Python is indeed not supported at this time :(
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Added tooltips + inverted the CMD+scroll controls!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Just released a new version of Haystack on Mac where the canvas should match your VS Code theme!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Just released a new version of Haystack on Mac where the canvas should match your VS Code theme!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Added an opt-out for the navigational copilot on Mac -- just bring up the command pallet (CMD+SHIFT+P) and use the "Opt out of navigational copilot" command. Coming to Windows/Linux soon! Note that we only send data to Open A
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Added an opt-out for the navigational copilot on Mac -- just bring up the command pallet (CMD+SHIFT+P) and use the "Opt out of navigational copilot" command. Coming to Windows/Linux soon! Note that we only send data to Open A
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by akshaysg 2y ago
This is an interesting idea! I've thought of something similar, where you can play with the inputs (or ask AI to generate it) so that you can see how that specific code flow behaves. I'd love to see the hacks you've done to m
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by akshaysg 2y ago
We should be placing the editors in your viewport so that you don't have to do manual arrangement. We try to fit as many editors in your viewport as possible. I use a 15 inch laptop and it works well there. I do not know how small your
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by akshaysg 2y ago
We'll add tooltips and better/more explanatory UI soon! We rushed to get this out so there are a few rough edges unfortunately. We'll fix the Zoom controls and I'll take a look at the problems you're having with Go.
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Yeah we have some work to do to make it easier to navigate on the keyboard. For the "parent window" what are you imagining here as your frame of reference? This idea makes sense but I'm wondering if you want to designate a sp
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by akshaysg 2y ago
This is super interesting. We have thought about having a grid vs a canvas, but decided to go with the canvas as we actually thought it was easier to navigate. I'd love to talk with you (I'll email you) if you're OK with that
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Very late but if you would like to follow along for updates or give me feedback, feel free to follow me on Twitter or give me feedback: https://x.com/AkshaySubr42403
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Curious if there's a Small Talk community -- would love to speak with them!
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by akshaysg 2y ago
You can zoom on the canvas using CMD+scroll! Other folks have mentioned this as hard to discover so we'll be sure to fix that. 2 and 3 sound like interesting ideas that we'll definitely mull over.
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Oh interesting! Do you mean manually draw a line on the canvas? Would you expect this to persist through sessions?
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by akshaysg 2y ago
This is a great idea! Will think about how to best implement this.
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Yes we plan to build a PR review tool in the editor itself! I definitely resonate with exactly what you're describing.
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by akshaysg 2y ago
Oof I did not realize how undiscoverable zooming is. Thank you for your feedback! It'll help us iterate/improve the product. Please let us know if you have any more!

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