As a once-off, not much because the treemap or graph look arbitrary so it's just eye candy. But a small fast treemap in your IDE would quickly become something you depend on, just like minimaps turned out to be really useful to enough people that they become a default in vscode.
replyMy original motivation is to compare the task-solving ability of LLMs by visualizing the agent's trajectory. This offers an alternative way to inspect the capabilities of LLMs and agent systems.
reply2019, in a comment about gource:
reply> It's pretty, but I can't think of anything I'd use it as a "tool" for. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21560013
Seems any time this sort of software comes up on, people can't let the use case be "this is aesthetically pleasing".
Anyways, besides that, the README does clearly state "The Problem" and "The Idea" which outlines exactly why the author built this particular project.
> Anyways, besides that, the README does clearly state "The Problem" and "The Idea" which outlines exactly why the author built this particular project.
replyI asked about the use case _because_ the readme states a problem but does not offer a solution to that problem as far as I could see.
"The agent's understanding of the task becomes a shape you can see at a glance."
replyUse case is to monitor agents activity.
I agree with all of this, and gource is an excellent example, but this is still "what" and builds no case for a "why". Not even an anecdote like "I told the agent this and it completely misunderstood and did the other thing so I built this which you can use to undo the work after the fact."
replyBecause it’s fun and not everything has to exist for a reason other than that maybe? I built something in the same vein, and the way is because it’s neat. It serves no real purpose.
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