Plandex
Dev tools
ai coding assistant
SHOW HN2024
304points
111comments
#201of 3,515 in 2024
Top 6%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
16 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 5 for, 5 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished and useful; the feedback loop and version control ideas stand out
From 3 comments
I appreciate in the copy here that you are not claiming plandex to be a super dev or some such nonsense. I really dislike the hype marketing in some other solutions.
liampulles on HNThis is something I've been thinking a lot about (a way to set context for an LLM against my own code), thank you for putting this out. Looks really polished.
rglover on HNWow, this is phenomenal! I can't wait to dig in. This is almost exactly the application I've been envisioning for my own workflow. I'm excited to contribute!
_bry-guy on HN
Single binary install is easier than aider's Python setup
From 1 comment
Thanks! Sure, I posted this comment in a Reddit thread a couple days ago to a user who asked the same question (and I added one additional point): First I should say that it’s…
danenania on HN
Objections
Examples shown are too trivial for complex work
From 3 comments
Show me one of these things do something more complex then a front end intern project.
ldelossa on HNIt's not something I would consider a complex job. A simple prompt to chatgpt could even produce a working CDK template.
chmod2 on HNSo basically you doesn't have any non trivial example. What else but to be expected?
Kamii0909 on HN
Hard to say what it costs; price and cloud pitch confusing
From 2 comments
What is the cost of planning and working through, let's say, a manageable issue in a repo? Does it make sense to use 3.5/Sonnet or some lower cost endpoint for these tasks?
jayloofah on HNWhats the deal with plandex cloud and $10/$20-mo? The github repo README devolves into a cloud pitch halfway through. I thought this was a local binary talking to openAI? I…
usernamed7 on HN
Terminal diff review TUI is unnecessary; prefer git diff
From 1 comment
Love the idea of this, and very excited to see how it pans out. That said: I hate the code review UI. Just dump the changes as `git diff` does and let me review them using all…
CGamesPlay on HN
Only supports OpenAI; wrapper concern
From 1 comment
It's pretty annoying that every project like this lately is just a wrapper for OpenAI API calls.
BirbSingularity on HN
Requests
Support other models such as Claude, Gemini, and open source via ollama or OpenRouter
From 3 comments
Not affiliated with the project but you could use something like OpenRouter to give users a massive list of models to choose from with fairly minimal effort https://openrouter.ai/
codeapprove on HNTo support many other models you should look at ollama - it provides a REST API on your machine for local inference that works just like OpenAI
ijustlovemath on HNI think Mistral-2-Pro would work really well for this, judging by the great results I've had with it on another heavy on tool calling project [1] [1]…
npace12 on HN
Add Azure OpenAI and custom endpoints
From 1 comment
Congrats! Looks great, and I can't wait to try it. Do you support AzureOpenAI with custom endpoints? Are any special settings necessary to disable telemetry or non-core network…
ukuina on HN
Run tests or execute code to check output
From 2 comments
Hi! Is it possible to tell Plandex that the code should pass all tests in, e.g., `tests.py`?
dr_kiszonka on HNThis is really cool. I tried it and ran into a few syntax errors - it kept missing closing braces in PHP for some reason. It seems it might be useful if it could actually try to…
splatzone on HN
Bring back plain diff output
From 1 comment
Love the idea of this, and very excited to see how it pans out. That said: I hate the code review UI. Just dump the changes as `git diff` does and let me review them using all…
CGamesPlay on HN
Questions
How does it compare to aider
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. Can you please compare and contrast Plandex features with another similar solution like aider[1] which also helps solve similar problem. [1]…
wanderingmind on HN
How is line-number editing handled
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch, I'm excited to give it a try. I'm curious how you're having it edit files in place - having built a similar project last summer, I had trouble with…
timfsu on HN
What does it cost to run a task
From 2 comments
What is the cost of planning and working through, let's say, a manageable issue in a repo? Does it make sense to use 3.5/Sonnet or some lower cost endpoint for these tasks?
jayloofah on HNCurious to know how you built this. Is it GPT-4 or a fine-tuned model. How much does it cost?
FezzikTheGiant on HN
Alternatives named
aider
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. Can you please compare and contrast Plandex features with another similar solution like aider[1] which also helps solve similar problem. [1]…
wanderingmind on HN
GitHub Copilot
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. Can you go into more detail about why you like this better for large/complex tasks compared to GH Copilot?
lprubin on HN
ollama
From 1 comment
To support many other models you should look at ollama - it provides a REST API on your machine for local inference that works just like OpenAI
ijustlovemath on HN
OpenRouter
From 1 comment
Not affiliated with the project but you could use something like OpenRouter to give users a massive list of models to choose from with fairly minimal effort https://openrouter.ai/
codeapprove on HN