Show HN: Gox – Strict static analyzer for Go designed for LLM-written code

Category: devtools

Tags: static-analysis, go, llm-tools

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Gox is a strict static analyzer for Go code, specifically designed to catch bugs commonly introduced by LLM-written code, such as swapped arguments sharing the same type. Its unique approach includes requiring inline parameter annotations and acting as a gate rather than just a detector, with zero external dependencies and a focus on high-signal, low-noise rules for unsupervised code generation.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, ai-engineers

Repository: https://github.com/mentasystems/gox · Go · BSD-3-Clause

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