gpt-engineer
Dev tools
code generation
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
6 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive results compared to other gpt engineering projects
From 2 comments
Wow, this is a big improvement on other 'gpt engineering' projects I've seen out there. What are the main things you think you can improve on it from here?
LonisHamaili on HNHey Anton, congratulations, I love the project, the results are amazing even though I still have access to gpt-3.5 only. I can't even image the results with gpt-4. I'd love to…
mayaakim on HN
Open source is appreciated
From 1 comment
This is a really cool project. I'm going to play around with it. I love the fact that it's Open-Source!
nathan_tarbert on HN
Objections
Hallucinates functions and variables when generating file by file
From 1 comment
I haven't tried this but how do you get around the fact that it hallucinates functions and variables when doing it file by file? I haven't managed to make an app without error…
Kiro on HN
Fails to build a working test-driven app without a self-heal loop
From 1 comment
Cool project. I tried to build a reactjs Todo app with TDD, but it just put comments in the test file instead of the actual test. A self heal loop would be quite useful.
braindead_in on HN
Demo video does not show generated code running
From 1 comment
Interesting project, great work on getting it done. One thing I noticed is that the video in the readme doesn’t actually show the generated code running. It would be much more…
gitgud on HN
Requests
Support editing existing codebases
From 2 comments
Have you done much work on using GPT to *edit* code in an existing codebase? That's been my focus lately, working on my open source GPT coding tool [0]. Generating new code from…
anotherpaulg on HN> Can it be used to work on a pre-existing codebase? For that, I posit the system would need to understand the existing code base. Not just what the code does, but the intent and…
andsoitis on HN
Add self-repair or self-heal loop for code
From 2 comments
Hey Anton, congratulations, I love the project, the results are amazing even though I still have access to gpt-3.5 only. I can't even image the results with gpt-4. I'd love to…
mayaakim on HNCool project. I tried to build a reactjs Todo app with TDD, but it just put comments in the test file instead of the actual test. A self heal loop would be quite useful.
braindead_in on HN
Improve clarification and questions step
From 1 comment
Hey Anton, congratulations, I love the project, the results are amazing even though I still have access to gpt-3.5 only. I can't even image the results with gpt-4. I'd love to…
mayaakim on HN
Questions
Can it modify code in an existing codebase?
From 1 comment
Have you done much work on using GPT to *edit* code in an existing codebase? That's been my focus lately, working on my open source GPT coding tool [0]. Generating new code from…
anotherpaulg on HN
How was the SVG screencast in the README made?
From 1 comment
How have you created the svg screencast in the README?
rane on HN
Alternatives named
aider
From 2 comments
Have you done much work on using GPT to *edit* code in an existing codebase? That's been my focus lately, working on my open source GPT coding tool [0]. Generating new code from…
anotherpaulg on HNYup, those seem to be the key challenges. I've been making good progress on them, but there's plenty more work to do! On the topic of "AI-generated PRs", I used my tool to file a…
anotherpaulg on HN
smol-developer
From 1 comment
Have you done much work on using GPT to *edit* code in an existing codebase? That's been my focus lately, working on my open source GPT coding tool [0]. Generating new code from…
anotherpaulg on HN
Talk-to-Repo
From 1 comment
Love this! I've been iterating on a similar project, Talk-to-Repo. It uses retrieval-augmented-generation to access the relevant parts of the code, and lets you chat and collect…
jonrouach on HN