frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Video showing LLM assitent coding on big code base

2•CopyOnWrite•1y ago
As a experienced software developer I read a lot about how AI tools make coding faster and speed up development of software.

In my personal experience, LLMs help with:

- answering questions

- generating simple code/scaffolding in a vacuum

At the same time I don't have much success using LLMs to generate code in a simple CRUD application (around 20K LOC).

What I am looking for, is a video showing w/o time lapses/breaks, how an experienced prompt engineer uses an LLM to add a non trivial feature to a code base with at least 20K LOC.

What I am looking for:

- It must be used to add a feature on a bigger code base (>= 20 LOC)

- The added feature cannot be a leaf feature (means it must integrate with the rest of the system at multiple points)

- The prompting has to be less effort/faster than to type the solution in the programming language

- Any programming language/framework is fair game

- Any LLM is fair game

- The code base can be a bigger open source project (since I assume all LLMs were trained on open source projects, this should make it easier for LLMs to perform)

The Forever Library – The Traces

https://thetraces.substack.com/p/the-forever-library
1•feldrim•1m ago•0 comments

Vallley – Live startup jobs around the world

https://vallley.xyz
1•0x4269•1m ago•1 comments

I Sent Facebook a DMCA Takedown Letter – and It Worked [video]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lxb1RXZpQ7E
1•fortran77•5m ago•0 comments

Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive

https://www.ft.com/content/5ee49718-c258-4f01-aa32-7e5b76ae5245
1•naves•8m ago•0 comments

My Obituary for Dr Tim King, Tripos, AmigaOS, Helios and UK Online Pioneer

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/18/tim-king-amigados-royalty-dies-aged-70/5289101
2•lproven•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Afterlid, guarded lid closed work for macOS

https://afterlid.com/
1•rjsajnani•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Civic Nightmare –Browser JRPG about a citizen in a savage civilization

https://github.com/Daniele-Cangi/civic-nightmare
1•DanieleCangi•14m ago•0 comments

Elder fraud scheme that allegedly moved millions through dummy Florida companies

https://www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit-hole-targeting-seniors
1•speckx•14m ago•0 comments

Yuval Noah Harari on the economic and political perils of AI

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/20/yuval-noah-harari-on-the-economic-and-political-per...
3•andsoitis•15m ago•0 comments

AI and Infrastructure Engineering

https://omegion.dev/2026/08/ai-and-infrastructure-engineering/
1•0megion•15m ago•0 comments

Explain it to me like I'm ten

https://timharford.com/2026/08/explain-it-to-me-like-im-ten/
2•bookofjoe•16m ago•0 comments

Developer's Open Source Tool Strips Anthropic's New Claude Watermark

https://startupfortune.com/a-paris-developers-open-source-tool-already-strips-anthropics-new-clau...
2•speckx•17m ago•0 comments

The quiet tycoons powering Africa's rise

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/08/23/the-quiet-tycoons-powering-africas-rise
1•andsoitis•17m ago•0 comments

Building the Ed-O-Meter: Notes on Writing My Own LLM Benchmark

https://reinvently.co.uk/blog/building-the-ed-o-meter-llm-eval-harness/
1•Bluestein•18m ago•0 comments

I made the first interactive TUI Portfolio

https://twitter.com/i/status/2091469688270393377
2•jdhruv143•19m ago•0 comments

Intermediary Liability in Brazil: The Intricate Path Ahead

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/intermediary-liability-brazil-intricate-path-ahead
2•hn_acker•19m ago•0 comments

Intentic.dev – shared chat, UI and billing for independent SaaS tools

https://intentic.dev/
1•radarsu•22m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Modern demo of Douglas Hofstadter et al.'s 2001 Letter Spirit project

https://github.com/Paul-G2/letter-spirit-2-js
2•Paul-G2•22m ago•0 comments

Predicting AI model release dates with stats

https://releaseoracle.xyz/
2•akeyes6•23m ago•0 comments

I turned Unix talk from 1983 into the interface for my AI

https://en.andros.dev/blog/09a21bdd/i-turned-unix-talk-from-1983-into-the-interface-for-my-ai/
1•ibobev•24m ago•0 comments

My agent.md to improve LLM-assisted code quality

https://fabiensanglard.net/agent.md/index.html
2•ibobev•25m ago•0 comments

From Front Panel to Program: Thinking Like a PDP-8

https://pikuma.com/blog/pdp-8-minicomputer
1•ibobev•25m ago•0 comments

Niu Lai and the provenance problem: why "human slop" isn't a moat

https://niu-lai.net/post/niu-lai-provenance-problem/
1•RealLeon•27m ago•0 comments

Show HN: ClaudeGate – Run Claude Code CLI with Any AI Model (DeepSeek, Gemini)

https://github.com/Santosh-Prasad-Verma/ClaudeGate
1•Tarun121•30m ago•0 comments

America Is Building a Surveillance State Like China's

https://reason.com/2026/08/21/america-is-building-a-surveillance-state-like-chinas/
4•pseudolus•33m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: What's your experience with AI agent memory systems?

1•MeshCtxAgent•33m ago•0 comments

Powerful extensions do not need powerful code

https://adayinthelifeof.nl/2026/08/23/powerful-extensions-do-not-need-powerful-code/
1•jaytaph•33m ago•0 comments

CliffordNet: All You Need Is Geometric Algebra

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06793
2•niklasbuschmann•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Gogress a simple SQL database in Go with WAL support

https://github.com/igomez10/gogress
1•igomeza•36m ago•0 comments

I wrote a BASIC interpreter that boots on UEFI machines and ported it to Windows

https://tarjan.itch.io/thoreaubasic
6•Gorsefound•36m ago•1 comments