The latest articles on DEV Community by Anish Kumar (@anish_01747). https://dev.to/anish_01747 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4162023%2Fea73da5d-2663-4a9c-b3b8-bdff8a4caecc.png https://dev.to/anish_01747 en Anish Kumar Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:48:41 +0000 https://dev.to/anish_01747/starting-my-hacktoberfest-2026-journey-30ib https://dev.to/anish_01747/starting-my-hacktoberfest-2026-journey-30ib <p>🎃 Hacktoberfest 2026 — Let’s Begin! 🚀</p> <p>This year, I’m taking on Hacktoberfest for the first time — and it’s a little different from the Hacktoberfest I’ve heard about before.</p> <p>2026 is all about learning, experimenting, and building with open-source AI and open-weight models. 🤖</p> <p>So I’m starting my journey by taking on the challenges, exploring new AI tools, joining the community, and building things along the way.</p> <p>My goals for this Hacktoberfest:</p> <p>🔹 Complete the challenges<br><br> 🔹 Learn more about open-source AI<br><br> 🔹 Experiment with open-weight models<br><br> 🔹 Build and share projects<br><br> 🔹 Learn from the developer community<br><br> 🔹 Step outside my comfort zone</p> <p>I’m not sure how far I’ll get, but I’m excited to document the journey and see what I can build. 💻🔥</p> <h1> Hacktoberfest2026 #Hacktoberfest #OpenSource #OpenSourceAI #AI #DeveloperJourney #Coding #DEVCommunity #BuildInPublic </h1> ai hacktoberfest learning opensource