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Interactive code explainer

An interactive explainer for code that helps developers rebuild and maintain their working theory of a codebase and its architecture when agents write most of the code, letting them learn the architecture before or while designing the next feature rather than after.

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01 / The problem

What it addresses

When agents write most of the code, developers lose their working theory of the code and architecture; adversarial agent reviews catch errors but do not disseminate codebase knowledge.

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  1. Interactive code explainer

    An interactive explainer for code that helps developers rebuild and maintain their working theory of a codebase and its architecture when agents write most of the code, letting them learn the architecture before or while designing the next feature rather than after.

    Problem: When agents write most of the code, developers lose their working theory of the code and architecture; adversarial agent reviews catch errors but do not disseminate codebase knowledge.

    Posted by @iamwil · Original comment ↗

    “Working on an interactive explainer for code. When agents write most of the code, I find I'm losing the working theory of the code/architecture.”