Haystack
Visualize and edit your codebase on an infinite canvas
Haystack launched on September 25, 2024 with 202 votes, #283 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
What it does
Haystack re-imagines the IDE by putting it on a 2D digital whiteboard that automatically draws connections between code as you navigate and edit files. We designed it to match our mental model of how code works together – as a graph of connected components.
Haystack gives every change its own copy of production and replays real customer journeys to expose what breaks.
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Haystack – an IDE for exploring and editing code on an infinite canvas2024 · haystackeditor.com · ▲546Hi HN, we’re building Haystack Editor (https://haystackeditor.com/), a canvas-based IDE that automates the boring stuff (plumbing, refactoring, and finding code) so that you can focus on the exciting parts of software development! You can see a quick overview of Haystack at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2uZnR5D_cc! (It's currently only on Mac OS but we're working on Linux and Windows. Edit: just added a Linux download!) Haystack was born out of our frustrations with working in large and mature codebases, specifically with navigating and editing functional…


- IBI built Haystack – your own google for scattered workplace knowledge2023 · haystack.it · ▲96
Hi all! A few weeks ago I was scrolling through confluence pages trying to find ssh connection details to our integration machine for 40 minutes straight, later I discovered my co-worker slack'ed me the ssh connection string two months ago. So the same weekend I started working on haystack - a search engine for workplace apps. that enables you to search slack, confluence, jira, teams, sharepoint, github, and email in one place. I wanted it to support natural language queries so a query like: "how to connect to integ2 machine?" yields: ssh -i private.pem…
Haystack – Visibility into How Software Teams Works2020 · usehaystack.io · ▲39Haystack empowers engineering teams with real-time insights into their team’s performance, helping you remove bottlenecks and accelerate delivery. By integrating directly with tools like JIRA and GitHub, we provide a unified view of your entire delivery lifecycle—allowing you to clean, connect, and
Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design27d ago · github.com · ▲423open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
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