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Show HN: Biggles, a coding assistant you can talk to

3 pointsby jpallenover 1 year ago
Hi HN,<p>I created Biggles last weekend to let me speak out loud to VS Code and have ChatGPT translate my instructions into code changes.<p>For a lot of code I write I am fluent enough that translating my high-level intention into code doesn&#x27;t break my out of the flow. But if I hit something I&#x27;m not immediately sure how to do, I can just open Biggles and start thinking out loud about. With the OpenAI Whisper and GPT4 APIs, it&#x27;s surprisingly good at inserting the bit of code I want. This lets me stay in the flow at of thinking about what I <i>want</i> to implement, not <i>how</i> I want to implement it.<p>I find that it&#x27;s easier for me to just start talking, and I don&#x27;t have to think too much about what I want to say. If I need to translate my instruction into text first, that requires more thought. Maybe that&#x27;s just me though, and there&#x27;s a text mode option available. Might be useful in open plan offices!<p>I&#x27;ve not been using Biggles long for any real work, so I&#x27;m still iterating on it, but I&#x27;d love to know what you think and if you find it useful!<p>The extension is MIT licensed (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jpallen&#x2F;biggles">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jpallen&#x2F;biggles</a>), but you need to provide your own OpenAI API key at the moment. Keep an eye on costs, because GPT4 is quite expensive! You can switch to GPT3.5 for a cheaper but less good option.

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simonblackover 1 year ago
If we decide on Biggles, do we have to take Algy and Ginger as well?