The latest articles on DEV Community by Pohsi Lu Hsieh (@aavarvd). https://dev.to/aavarvd https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3955727%2F3c59e451-034d-42cb-834c-b49b974457a0.png https://dev.to/aavarvd en Pohsi Lu Hsieh Thu, 28 May 2026 11:56:44 +0000 https://dev.to/aavarvd/halyra-ide-552 https://dev.to/aavarvd/halyra-ide-552 <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/github-2026-05-21">GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I have previously worked on a python IDE written in PySide6, it ended up with excellent UI and other features but at the end I stopped its updates due to how messy my code was and issues after freezing the app</p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p>The repo is at <a href="//github.com/aavarvdxd/halyra-ide"></a>, I have also been working on trying to migrate it to Kotlin Compose Desktop, but it is still work in progress, anyways if you still want to check the Kotlin version the repo is at <a href="//codeberg.com/aavarvd/halyramega"></a></p> <h2> The Comeback Story </h2> <p>I mainly improved organization, but I also fixed issues and added a project manager, actually satisfied of how well this ended after polishing, this is my longest project so I'll update more later</p> <h2> My Experience with GitHub Copilot </h2> <p>Copilot here helped me a lot by reorganizing my files and functions(previously I had everything in only 2 files and each of them had 1000+ lines), he taught me to fix the freezing issue. Also used it to did 3 bug fixes(shown in docs/bug-fixes directory)</p> devchallenge githubchallenge