I've been exploring the concept behind codetochat.com—originally intended as an AI-powered tool that helps devs (especially new team members) better understand large or legacy codebases. The goal would be to let users “talk” to the code to get explanations, trace logic paths, ask about dependencies, etc.
This came from pain points I’ve seen repeatedly: onboarding to messy repos, debugging spaghetti logic, or understanding why something was done a certain way. I imagine it being especially helpful in enterprise codebases or long-lived projects.
Curious to hear:
- Has anyone here built or used something like this?
- What features would make it actually useful day to day?
- Is there still a gap here AI could realistically close?
(Also, I happen to own the domain codetochat.com. If anyone is building in this space and is interested, I’d be happy to chat.)