For 3D I’d run a clustering algo across the graph and use the Z axis to background “far” clusters.

I’m imagining a typical graph might end up looking a bit like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/07... in which case I’d want to have whatever cluster/file/method/object I’m focused on front and center with some visual cues like low-contrast and z-axis perspective that preserves edges to show the “far” clusters that interact with the focal point.

edit to add: as per usual, naming the clusters automatically might be hard.

Interesting idea and curious - because when I look at that visualization, the first thing it reminds me of is gource.

I had not heard of Gource, and it looks like it’s building its graph based on directory layout rather than code semantics but yep that’s about where I would start!

Light Table was getting lift and traction but didn't make it. There was a ton of conversation on it back in the day on HN, including great presentations by the creator (who had been a PM on Visual Studio as MSFT!). Definitely check it out.

There's definitely demand for this tool but it looks like it's hard to get it off the ground. Wishing you the best of luck!

someone should revive it as a GUI debugger. doing so would narrow the scope which should cut down on complexity. let people use their own editors and IDEs for making code changes. the focus should be on inspecting state, seeing live updates, allowing you to smoothly change inputs and immediately see the output, plus the usual debugger features like stepping through the program.