I don't understand the hesitation with existing large codebases. Maybe everything I work on is just easy compared to yall.

It has been unimaginably helpful in getting me up to speed in large existing codebases.

First thing to do in a codebase is to tell it to "analyze the entire codebase and generate md docs in a /llmdocs directory". Do this manually in a loop a few times and try a few different models. They'll build on each other's output.

Chunk embed and index those rather than the code files themselves. Use those for context. Get full code files through tool calls when needed