This is really cool!

Essentially version controlled A2A.

I'm exploring a bunch of agent protocols right now and experimenting with a similar concept for context syncing over git here: https://github.com/cjroth/csp

Updated!

Thunderbolt was funded from a grant, not donations.

https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt/blob/main/docs/fa...

I think the rest of that line is really kind of important:

> Thunderbolt is funded through a grant from Mozilla.

Is there any way that that's not taking dollars out of the same organization that's funding Firefox or thunderbird?

No

It's not. Mozilla has been more than Firefox for a long time.

To be clear, it's not from the Mozilla Corporation (which develops Firefox), it's from MZLA Technologies (which develops Thunderbird). Both bodies are under the Mozilla Foundation.

Hi, I'm on team that worked on this. No it's not vibe coded. We do pretty intense code review of every PR. It looks like the number you're seeing is including lock files and artifacts that are not part of the core coverage.

Fair enough if it’s not vibe coded, I’ll take your word for it. Code review seems like it’s mostly bots (Claude, Cursor, Greptile) from the PRs I looked at?

Nevertheless, AI use is not what really stood out to me. It’s that it’s SO MUCH CODE. I have no idea how you guys maintain or reason about the quality or security of something like this. Good luck, I guess.

Ah yeah, after accusing others that they vibe-code without proofs, no apology and steering the accusations to other things?

I think that wasn't phrased well- it's "revenue" positive meaning donation money covers more than the expenses

Fair point :)

Stop spreading misinformation, it's funded by grant money https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbolt/blob/main/docs/fa...

Ah yes, a grant from Mozilla, to Mozilla.

Even more so, it is likely a grant of money earned by Firefox (the Google search engine deal).

Proof?

That is almost all the money Nozilla has. Not sure what you're expecting.

I've been experimenting with running Gemma with MLX directly within my own harness: https://github.com/cjroth/mlx-harness

I agree. Also, very different world from Rust, but shadcn has popularized this for UI components and AI skills are done this way frequently.

I'm excited to see more patterns like this for other types of code.

Websockets would work great actually! Basically anything would work as long as you don't use any node or bun specific imports. For file systems you could also use something like this https://github.com/isomorphic-git/lightning-fs

I'm glad you think the try before install scenario makes sense - I think this is definitely the main use case.