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Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge

One friend. One weekend. One open model.

Build something with open-source AI that solves a real problem for someone you love. Submissions due October 5.

Join the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend! $2,450 in Prizes Across 17 Winners. Submissions Due October 5 at 6:59 AM UTC.
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Join the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend! $2,450 in Prizes Across 17 Winners. Submissions Due October 5 at 6:59 AM UTC.

#devchallenge #weekendchallenge #hf26challenge #hacktoberfest
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What was your win this week?
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Community shares diverse personal achievements
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What was your win this week?

#weeklyretro
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I Turned My GitHub Profile Into a Cyberpunk Console With a City Built From My Contributions

Bypassing GitHub's strict sandbox via SVGs
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I Turned My GitHub Profile Into a Cyberpunk Console With a City Built From My Contributions

#showdev #python #github #design
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Hacktoberfest Is Coming to Nadiad, Gujarat 🚀 Official MLH Meetup at DDU, 15 Oct

Organized entirely by a solo student
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Hacktoberfest Is Coming to Nadiad, Gujarat 🚀 Official MLH Meetup at DDU, 15 Oct

#hacktoberfest #opensource #ai #beginners
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I Gave 15 AI Models Proof Their Hacking Target Was a Real Company. 73% of the Ones That Noticed Told No One.

Kaggle Benchmarking Challenge Submission
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I Gave 15 AI Models Proof Their Hacking Target Was a Real Company. 73% of the Ones That Noticed Told No One.

#devchallenge #kagglechallenge #ai #machinelearning
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I Was Overwhelmed, So I Turned My GitHub Profile Into a Roguelike Dungeon

Includes a complete C# build log and live link
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I Was Overwhelmed, So I Turned My GitHub Profile Into a Roguelike Dungeon

#showdev #csharp #gamedev #github
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EmbedCatalog is participating in Hacktoberfest 2026
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EmbedCatalog is participating in Hacktoberfest 2026

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource
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Dev Opportunity Radar #19: Hacktoberfest, $20K AI Agent Hackathon, and Pear Prime 2027

Readers celebrating 19 consistent editions
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Dev Opportunity Radar #19: Hacktoberfest, $20K AI Agent Hackathon, and Pear Prime 2027

#discuss #community #resources #opportunities
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Write Markdown Once, Publish It Everywhere: dev.to, Medium, AWS Builder Center and LinkedIn
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Write Markdown Once, Publish It Everywhere: dev.to, Medium, AWS Builder Center and LinkedIn

#writing #markdown #devtools #ai
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Nudging with Questions: Why Telling Your AI What to Fix Triggers an Apology Death Spiral (And How to Advance Juniors)

Apology loops waste context window tokens
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Nudging with Questions: Why Telling Your AI What to Fix Triggers an Apology Death Spiral (And How to Advance Juniors)

#ai #programming #architecture #productivity
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I Put a Local LLM in Charge of a Colony and Asked It to Tell the Truth. It Didn't.
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I Put a Local LLM in Charge of a Colony and Asked It to Tell the Truth. It Didn't.

#machinelearning #ethics #opensource #python
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Turn Your GitHub Contribution Graph Into an ASCII City
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Turn Your GitHub Contribution Graph Into an ASCII City

#showdev #github #opensource #go
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I built my husband a vim trainer with a Gemma coach that runs in the browser

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝
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I built my husband a vim trainer with a Gemma coach that runs in the browser

#showdev #devchallenge #weekendchallenge #hf26challenge
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Rediscovering the Schwartzian Transform: Why I Had to Comment on a Flutter Performance Article
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Rediscovering the Schwartzian Transform: Why I Had to Comment on a Flutter Performance Article

#dart #flutter #architecture #performance
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Claude Code Plan Mode vs Auto-Accept in 2026: When to Let the Agent Drive and When to Stay in the Loop
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Claude Code Plan Mode vs Auto-Accept in 2026: When to Let the Agent Drive and When to Stay in the Loop

#typescript #ai #javascript #webdev
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A service mesh costs 0.16ms at one connection and 86% of your throughput at 32
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A service mesh costs 0.16ms at one connection and 86% of your throughput at 32

#kubernetes #devops #performance #sre
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I contribute to OpenTelemetry and still shipped two retired attribute names, so I built Attrition

Sanity Challenge Path One Submission
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I contribute to OpenTelemetry and still shipped two retired attribute names, so I built Attrition

#devchallenge #sanitychallenge #sanity #ai
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I built a private offline journaling tool for my group of friends. Powered by Local Gemma

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝
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I built a private offline journaling tool for my group of friends. Powered by Local Gemma

#devchallenge #weekendchallenge #hf26challenge
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The Goblin Warren: an AI Dungeon Master that never invents a rule

Sanity Challenge Path One Submission
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The Goblin Warren: an AI Dungeon Master that never invents a rule

#sanitychallenge #gamedev #devchallenge #mcp
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