silverthorn

I think they're spiritually related, but my understanding is that Marvin actually invokes the LLM at runtime to execute an AI Function (which is why it can perform, e.g., sentiment analysis). Maccarone invokes the LLM to generate code during development.

Ha, I just want to clarify that the quoted text isn't actually from the README or something like that, I'm not quite that crazy.

But no real argument with the concern. An LLM will generate bugs, and that may be a reason this kind of thing never makes sense in practice (isn't that an argument against copilot, too, though?).

> You should be squeamish about running the code without reading it first, given that you're pair-programming with a bot.

It's funny, the first version of this project[0] let you do exactly that, e.g.,

  def main(path: str):
      #<<filenames = a list of filenames under path>>
  
      for fn in filenames:
          #<<size = size of fn in bytes>>
  
          print(fn, size)
  
  #<<use argparse and call main>>

and then run that program like any other Python script (using import magic):

  $ python -m examples.file_sizes /etc
  …
  /etc/wgetrc 4942
  /etc/nsswitch.conf 542
  /etc/adduser.conf 3028
  /etc/ethertypes 1816

But yeah, it never felt exactly practical. :)

[0] https://github.com/bsilverthorn/maccarone/tree/v0.1.3

> I think there's a nascent industry in converting biomass into biochar and sequestering it

To expand on that, biochar seems to be the majority of carbon removal delivered commercially to date:

https://www.cdr.fyi/

Of course the entire CDR industry is nascent.

Bio-oil via pyrolysis is another option. Charm Industrial is trying to scale that up.

Angaza | USA or Kenya | REMOTE | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as smartphones and solar home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people who now have internet and electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4

- https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We're hiring for Android (Kotlin) and backend/web (Python/JS):

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as smartphones and solar home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people who now have internet and electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4

- https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We're hiring for Android (Kotlin) and backend/web (Python/JS):

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as smartphones and solar home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people who now have internet and electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4

- https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We're hiring for Android (Kotlin) and backend/web (Python/JS):

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people who now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4

- https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We're hiring:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people who now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We're hiring for engineering roles:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people who now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring for software engineering and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people who now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring for software engineering and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people. Their homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring for several roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people. Their homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring for several roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring for data science and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring software engineers and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Here's a direct link to our job listings:

- https://jobs.lever.co/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring software engineers and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Missed this good question last month [0]:

> I was surprised not to find a marketplace of products. Is there a way to see which products/services are available through Angaza in a particular country? Specifically Kenya

Angaza is a B2B SaaS company. We don't distribute physical products ourselves, but we provide sales, IoT, and operational software used by last-mile distribution companies [1] in many different countries.

Some of the hardware we work with is listed on:

https://devices.angaza.com/

A typical distributor imports and sells only a small subset of that entire ecosystem, though.

Kenya specifically is a huge market for Angaza customers! Sun King and Mwezi are two examples. To be clear, Angaza and our customers focus on relatively small solar + DC appliances for rural and peri-urban households. If you're in Kenya and looking for a larger solar installation (1 kW+), you'll need to work with a local solar installer instead.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25638647

[1] e.g., https://globaldistributorscollective.org/our-members/

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring software engineering and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza enables life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring software engineering and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE OK | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza allows life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will help reach a billion more. We are hiring software engineering and other roles in San Francisco, Nairobi, and remote:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE ok | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza allows life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will reach a billion more. We are hiring an embedded applications engineer / partner engineer, and other roles, in San Francisco and Nairobi (and remote):

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE ok | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza allows life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will reach a billion more. We are hiring an embedded applications engineer / partner engineer, and other roles, in San Francisco and Nairobi:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can also read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco and Nairobi | REMOTE and ONSITE | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza makes it possible for life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will reach a billion more. We are hiring an (embedded) applications engineer / partner engineer, and other roles, in San Francisco and Nairobi:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can also read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco or Nairobi | ONSITE | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza makes it possible for life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will reach more than a billion more. We are hiring an (embedded) applications engineer / partner engineer, and other roles, in San Francisco and Nairobi:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can also read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza

Angaza | San Francisco or Nairobi | ONSITE | https://www.angaza.com/careers/

Angaza makes it possible for life-changing products, such as solar + battery home energy systems, to be sold _on payment plans_ in off-grid regions across Africa and Asia.

We've reached millions of people whose homes now have electricity for the first time:

- https://youtu.be/2EvEeAs_9R4 and https://youtu.be/onMT6_Yv67I

- https://www.angaza.com/category/engineering/

The technology you build will reach more than a billion more. We are hiring software engineers (Python + Postgres, JS + React), an embedded applications engineer, and other roles in San Francisco and Nairobi:

- https://www.angaza.com/careers/

You can also read more about Angaza engineering culture on our Key Values page:

- https://www.keyvalues.com/angaza