Ideas
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Codebase knowledge graphs

Build a tool that auto-generates interactive maps showing how files and functions connect across a codebase.

Why now

Remote teams struggle to onboard new hires onto complex monolithic repos.

Who for
Engineering managers
Business model
Enterprise pricing
Effort
A few months

Developers waste weeks tracing call chains through unfamiliar code. A knowledge graph could visualize dependencies and highlight ownership areas.

Parse git history to show hot files and code ownership. Charge enterprises per repo size.

Start with Python/JS support, generating static SVG maps. Add interactive exploration later.

The risk is IDEs adding similar features natively.

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Codebase knowledge graphs — Ideas