jtwaleson

we do a very comprehensive scan in multiple dimensions: git blame history, llm passes over every file and a tree-sitter analysis for cognitive complexity. We bring our opinionated approach for tools (do you have linters, CI/CD, static typing, agent docs) and score each aspect. We also create your architecture diagrams with our secret agent sauce, and map technical debt on each level of the C4 hierarchy.

bespoke canvas (based on pixijs) + sync engine. We want to be fully on-prem capable.

After getting the top spot in What Are You Working On in Feb 2025 ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43157056 ) I started a company on that idea at https://getcomper.ai . After solo building for 11 months I found a co-founder, got an angel investment, then got some ex-Miro folk on board and we are now building the product at breakneck speed.

We're a collaborative canvas + context engine for all the code and docs in your company, with a zoomable UI + CLI , where you can collaborate with your co-workers and agents.

We map technical debt, agent readiness, code complexity, security scanning, bus factor and more, so you can easily see how all the software in your company runs.

One of the most complex things is our incremental git blame engine built on top of GitOxide, as our backend is fully built on Rust. Our frontend is built on PixiJS so you can explore at gaming speed with 60Hz refresh rates.

Recently we sponsored Rust Week in Europe and a hundred or so developers tried our mini-game which is GeoGuessr for code, and got rave reviews. Future is looking bright!

I'm building a context engine for all the code and docs in your company, and expose it via a collaborative zoomable UI + CLI , where you can collaborate with your co-workers and agents.

We map technical debt, agent readiness, code complexity, security scanning, bus factor so you can easily see how all the software in your company runs.

Got the top spot in What Are You Working On in Feb 2025 and then started a company around it at https://getcomper.ai . We got a pre-seed investment, then got some ex-Miro folk on board and are building the product at breakneck speed.

One of the coolest things is that we've got an incremental git blame engine built on top of GitOxide as our backend is fully built on Rust.

Ugh same. I had a 49g and a 49g+ in high school. The 49g broke down and the other got robbed when my student room got burgled a couple years later.

Learned a lot of RPN programming on those things!

I saw one in the wild a couple months back but had to say it didn't live up to my memories. Super slow and clunky interfaces compared to our modern touch screens.

My dad's GP didn't know about this, and despite my dad saying "it's fine, I'm taking creatine", sent him for a kidney check-up. Then they found an unrelated tumor on the ultrasound. Seems to be benign and hopefully all will be well. If so, creatine saved his life ;)

It is _very_ different. In the case of outsourcing, where companies offer decent local wages in developing countries, it can not be compared to slavery which is the perpetual ownership of a person.

Now with H1B sponsorship, where I've heard rumors of companies taking away passports of their workers, it is very much evil, but not slavery.

Ok this might be weird but I've moved everyone in my 4 person team to our team plan and costs seem to have sky rocketed compared to the individual plans. Where before most people spent 20-100 USD, now the total bill is more like 1k USD. I haven't gone into the details but it feels like I'm being scammed.

Just as a thought experiment, what would be worse for humanity. Global warming or global cooling by the same amount of degrees C?

I'm in western Europe and really hope the AMOC will not collapse.

From the title I was hoping for this being hacky on the server application side, like how it aborts and clears the memory for a running query.

Still an interesting read. Just wondering, why can't the TCP connection of the query not be used to send a cancellation request? Why does it have the be out of band?

Hmm, I've been sending receipts straight into Gemini 3 Flash and it handles them just fine. No need for this whole pipeline and definitely MUCH cheaper. Am I missing something?

this is spam about dark mode...

Comper | Software Engineer #2 (Frontend focus) | €80-110k + equity | Utrecht, The Netherlands | ONSITE | https://comper.io

We make software landscapes understandable and explorable. Our canvas is zoom-to-code, and shows data on overlays from all of the git repos in your company. LLMs go through the codebase and extract the architecture.

We provide clarity when it's most needed: re-orgs, onboarding, explaining the tech stack at board meetings. Or just being stuck in your IDE and want to ask your team mate a question. We'd like to do to large org codebases what Figma did to design.

Comper needs someone that can build revolutionary UIs and go where no man has gone before. Our UI is the core of our product: a zoomable canvas that has all your code, documentation and diagrams on it. We have a long way ahead and need serious thinking to make sure we explain the software stack as simple as can be.

I'm the founder & CTO. We just raised a pre-seed and are now with 6 people. Find the vacancies on our site and send us an email.

Map problems to slot machines, guess enough slots and you're indistinguishable from GI.

Hah, indeed, the story could have happened yesterday. Except maybe thinkpad prices in europe have normalized a bit ;)

What I didn't write is that my feelings towards the USA were 95% positive back then. A bit less after the chase and the Bronx visit, but still. Obama made everything feel hopeful. The current situation is just depressing.

Oh this brings back memories. Back in 2007 my dad needed a new Thinkpad which was like 2.5k EUR in NL vs 1k USD in the USA. He also wanted to push his kids to do something adventurous.

So he bought me (19) and little brother (16) tickets to fly from Amsterdam to New York (2x350) and get a cheap hotel for 2 nights (2x100). All to get a Thinkpad W500(?).

We had a great time. Got chased by a wild homeless person on Staten Island who followed us onto the ferry and we were scared stiff. Also walked all over Manhattan. Went to the Bronx but got stared at a lot so quickly went back to the subway. I can still hear the iconic "Stand clear of the Closing Doors" in my head.

Too bad the America from those days is gone.

Cool, thank you!

Any experience with their DNS? Asking for a friend ;) only problem I've seen so far is lack of DS record support.

Comper | Multiple roles (engineering + design) | €80-100k + equity | Utrecht, The Netherlands | ONSITE | https://comper.io

We make software landscapes understandable and explorable. Our canvas is zoom-to-code, and shows data on overlays from all of the git repos in your company. LLMs go through the codebase and extract the architecture.

We provide clarity when it's most needed: re-orgs, onboarding, explaining the tech stack at board meetings. Or just being stuck in your IDE and want to ask your team mate a question. We'd like to do to large org codebases what Figma did to design.

Comper needs someone that can build revolutionary UIs and go where no man has gone before. We are hiring a software engineer and a genius designer (with ideally some engineering prowess). Our UI is the core of our product: a zoomable canvas that has all your code, documentation and diagrams on it. We have a long way ahead and need serious thinking to make sure we explain the software stack as simple as can be.

I'm the founder & CTO. We just raised a pre-seed and are now with 5 people. Find the vacancies on our site and send us an email.

Nice seeing you here Andrej!

Ok funny anecdote: I once did a special assignment for the CEO of Mendix to build a convertor for MS Access apps to Mendix. So, yes, I can confirm that this is roughly true ;)

I wrote a short post about it on my blog: https://blog.waleson.com/2022/10/access2mendix.html

No, because the parent org is French.

I'm using OVH Cloud for a customer. There's a bit of uncertainty about the CLOUD Act. As OVH has a US subsidiary, they are still doing business in the US and I have seen claims that this makes also their EU offering susceptible to the CLOUD Act. Does anyone know more details?

Comper | First Product Designer / UI Engineer | €80-100k + equity | Utrecht, The Netherlands | ONSITE | https://comper.io

We make software landscapes understandable and explorable. Our canvas is zoom-to-code, and shows data on overlays from all of the git repos in your company. LLMs go through the codebase and extract the architecture.

We provide clarity when it's most needed: re-orgs, onboarding, explaining the tech stack at board meetings. Or just being stuck in your IDE and want to ask your team mate a question.

Comper needs someone that can design revolutionary UIs and go where no man has gone before. I don't know exactly what to call this role, as it crosses several disciplines: Design, Engineering, new UIs. Our UI is the core of our product: a zoomable canvas that has all your code, documentation and diagrams on it. We have a long way ahead and need serious thinking to make sure we explain the software stack as simple as can be.

I'm the founder & CTO. We just raised a pre-seed and are now with 4 people. Find the vacancy on our site and send us an email. Site is a bit outdated as it's not prio #1. Happy to chat.

I've created a programming language and game for (my) kids called Stacky Bird. You learn Stack Based programming with Flappy Bird. Inspired by my old HP calculators, the game 2048 and Flappy Bird. In levels you earn a new instruction and at the end you have a complete instruction set, and can solve complicated puzzles. With new instructions you can even go back and solve previous levels more elegantly.

It's not mobile friendly yet, but maybe that'll be a next weekend project. At least you can view a video of a level on mobile.

My kids are loving it.

https://game.stackybird.com/ and the source https://github.com/jtwaleson/stacky-bird

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This is awesome! I'm also working on something like real-time collaboration on codebases, but nothing as freehand as this, really inspiring!

EMCA -> ECMA

This is super cool. Love the little icons in the left and would be nice if they were clickable.

ok you win