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Show HN: I built an AI that turns GitHub codebases into easy tutorials

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923 points zh2408 | 1 comments | 19 Apr 25 21:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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wg0 ◴[20 Apr 25 06:07 UTC] No.43741848[source]▶
That's a game changer for a new Open source contributor's onboarding.

Put in postgres or redis codebase, get a good understanding and get going to contribute.

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tgv ◴[20 Apr 25 08:21 UTC] No.43742364[source]▶
Isn't that overly optimistic? The postgres source code is really complex, and reading a dummy tutorial isn't going to make you a database engine ninja. If a simple tutorial can, imagine what a book on the topic could do.
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1. wg0 ◴[20 Apr 25 16:07 UTC] No.43744651[source]▶
No, I am not that optimistic about LLMs. I just think that something is better then nothing.

The burden of understanding still is with the engineers. All you would get is some (partially inaccurate at places) good overview of where to look for.