I had Codex build a tool, hawk, to identify and remove dead code across a Cargo workspace. We've used it to delete thousands of lines from uv and Codex itself.
@charliermarsh here is codex's feedback of its experience using it on our many hundreds of thousands of line rust codebase
@GrantSlatton Very nice, thank you! I’ll do some of these
Many users praised Astral's CEO for building the Hawk tool with Codex to remove dead Rust code, calling it instantly useful and empirically valuable without reading the codebase.
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@charliermarsh Found this a couple of weeks ago, instantly useful on the django lang server I've been building. The structure and approach of the project inspired by Astral's with many internal crates. Thanks!
@charliermarsh But seriously, very cool!
I had Codex build a tool, hawk, to identify and remove dead code across a Cargo workspace. We've used it to delete thousands of lines from uv and Codex itself.
@charliermarsh here is codex's feedback of its experience using it on our many hundreds of thousands of line rust codebase
@GrantSlatton Very nice, thank you! I’ll do some of these
Many users praised Astral's CEO for building the Hawk tool with Codex to remove dead Rust code, calling it instantly useful and empirically valuable without reading the codebase.
Based on 6 visible X reactions from 12 accounts; directional sample.
Ask a question below.
Published answers will appear here.
