The latest articles on DEV Community by Advik Kaushik (@advikkaushik478). https://dev.to/advikkaushik478 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fthepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2F99mvlsfu5tfj9m7ku25d.png https://dev.to/advikkaushik478 en Advik Kaushik Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:55:35 +0000 https://dev.to/advikkaushik478/i-cant-text-my-friends-without-sounding-cold-so-i-found-a-way-to-make-convo-cues-52gk https://dev.to/advikkaushik478/i-cant-text-my-friends-without-sounding-cold-so-i-found-a-way-to-make-convo-cues-52gk <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built properly, a local first convo buffer.<br> I cant talk to my friends properly, not because i dont care,but mostly cauz i cant think of anything in the moment.</p> <p>Via properly, i can take a 60sec voice note of my day and get a cue card for use in convos</p> <h2> Code </h2> <p>GitHub Repository: <a href="https://github.com/Clumsyoof/properly" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/Clumsyoof/properly</a></p> <p>Built with:</p> <ul> <li>Streamlit(UI)</li> <li>OpenAI Whisper(Local speech to text inference running on CPU) -Gemma 2 (<code>gemma2:2b</code>) via Ollama(Local open-weight LLM inference)</li> <li>Local JSON Store</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ffefal17ovqofce3slw4u.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ffefal17ovqofce3slw4u.png" alt=" " width="800" height="375"></a></p> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <ol> <li><p>Audio is recorded in-browser via Streamlit's native audio buffer and handed to a local instance of <code>openai-whisper</code>. </p></li> <li><p>The transcript is parsed into an episodic timeline stored strictly in a local JSON structure. </p></li> <li><p>Ollama serves Google's open-weight <code>gemma2:2b</code>. Using focused system prompts.</p></li> </ol> <h2> Why Does Open Innovation Matter? </h2> <p>A closed api needs telementry and zero privacy, something which I NEED if i am talking about my day in a 60 sec slot.</p> devchallenge weekendchallenge hf26challenge