Description

ShinkaEvolve has achieved a SOTA result on circle packing, an optimization problem that has been challenging computer scientists for decated, for 12 dollars in LLM API costs. This is a paradigm defining moment for optimizing software. Saiteki makes ShinkaEvolve available to teams as a web app.

Contribution guide

Contributions to the project are welcome from everybody. You can look for available tasks in the associated project https://github.com/users/Anakin100100/projects/2 but don't worry if there aren't any tasks that you feel comfortable starting on. There's a lot to work on so not every potential improvemnt has a task. Before contributing please schedule a short meeting with me at https://cal.com/paweł-biegun-lbvvws to discuss the project, your vision for it and how you would like to contribute.

Setup

This project utilizes several dependencies running inside of Docker so you are going to need to install it togerther with docker compose https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

For managing Python packages we're using uv. It is recommended to install it through the standalone installer https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/#standalone-installer

For javascript package management for the backend and frontend we're using bun https://bun.com/docs/installation

Running the project

Start the containers

docker compose up -d 

Install packages and run migrations

cd saiteki-web
bun install
bun db:push

Run dev server for backend and frontend

bun dev

Install python packages

cd saiteki-worker
uv sync

Expose your OpenAI key in the worker shell

export OPENAI_API_KEY='<your key>'

Run the worker

uv run main.py

Trademark and affiliation notice

This project is not affiliated with Sakana AI. ShinkaEvolve and Sakana AI are trademarks belonging Sakana AI Co, Ltd. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.