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by bchapuis 406 days ago
Really cool project! I tried it a couple of weeks ago with an Anthropic API key and will give it another shot.

Could you share a bit more about how you handle code summarization? Is it mostly about retaining method signatures so the LLM gets a high-level sense of the project? In Java, could this work with dependencies too, like source JARs?

More generally, how’s it been working with Java for this kind of project? Does limited GPU access ever get in the way of summarization or analysis (Jlama)?

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That officially makes you an early adopter, thanks!

Yes, it's basically just parsing for declarations. (If you doubleclick on any context in the Workspace it will show you exactly what's inside.)

You have to import the dependencies via File -> Decompile Dependency and then it gets parsed like the rest of your source, only read-only.

I have a love-hate relationship with Java, mostly love lately, the OpenJDK team is doing a great job driving the language forward. It's so much faster than Python, it's nice being able to extend a language in itself and get native performance.

Since we're just using Jlama to debounce the LLM requests, we can use a tiny model that runs fine on CPU alone. The latest Jlama supports GPU as well but we're not using that.