Hacker News with Generative AI: Code Analysis

A messy experiment that changed how I think about AI code analysis (nmn.gl)
Last week, I watched our AI choke on a React codebase - again. As timeout errors flooded my terminal, something clicked. We’d been teaching AI to read code like a fresh bootcamp grad, not a senior developer.

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, React, Code Analysis

463 points by namanyayg 13 days ago | 228 comments

Court is in session: Top most notorious C and C++ errors in 2024 (pvs-studio.com)
Every year, we witness the same drama: bugs wreak havoc on our code as if asserting their dominance. But today, the tide turns—it's time for judgment. Let's dive into the most intriguing bugs we've uncovered this year.

Programming, C++, Debugging, Software Development, Code Analysis

4 points by signa11 20 days ago | 1 comments

X-Ray View into Your Software Application and Underlying Functions (codeyam.com)
Software becomes complex very quickly. This makes maintaining quality, communicating about changes, and even thinking about your application difficult.

Software Development, Debugging, Code Analysis

12 points by nadis 32 days ago | 1 comments

Stack Analyser: detect technologies used inside a repo (github.com/specfy)

Code Analysis, Software Development, GitHub, Tools

67 points by h1fra 61 days ago | 11 comments

Eclipse Steady – Java Code Analysis (github.com/eclipse)
Discover, assess and mitigate known vulnerabilities in your Java projects

Java, Security, Code Analysis, Tools

15 points by saikatsg 82 days ago | 1 comments

What was the point of [ "x$var" = "xval" ]? (2021) (vidarholen.net)
In shell scripting you sometimes come across comparisons where each value is prefixed with "x". Here are some examples from GitHub:

Shell Scripting, Programming, Code Analysis, Best Practices

82 points by fanf2 112 days ago | 49 comments

Show HN: Repo2vec – an open-source library for chatting with any codebase (github.com/Storia-AI)

Open Source, Machine Learning, Code Analysis

93 points by nutellalover 142 days ago | 54 comments

JPlag – Detecting Software Plagiarism (github.com/jplag)

Software Engineering, Plagiarism, Code Analysis

102 points by drapado 155 days ago | 79 comments

Show HN: How we use LLMs to find testing gaps, vulnerabilities in codebases (github.com/codeintegrity-ai)

Software Testing, Security, Code Analysis

9 points by coderinsan 184 days ago | 0 comments

Inference of Error Specifications and Bug Detection Using Structural Similarity [pdf] (usenix.org)