DEV Community: IpsumCapra

Getting Started

IpsumCapra — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:11 +0000

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle

What I Built

A lot of small businesses are often run by people who are not tech-savvy. This 'tool', a web page, simply points them to a huge collection of free tools, with descriptions, so they may find what tools would suit their business best.

Demo

Paste the code in the code block below into a file called stuff.html. Open it with your favorite, (non-AI powered) browser.

Code

<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>Free and Open Source business tools</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_open-source_applications_and_services">Free tools to run your business!</a>
  </body>
</html>

How I Built It

By hand, without AI. It wasn't really necessary.

Why Does Open Innovation Matter?

My submission is possible through Humans getting together and contributing to a project which is free and open for all to see.

My Agent Session

No AI was used.

To Touch Grass

IpsumCapra — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:44:43 +0000

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass

What I Built

Nothing. Instead, I went outside to touch grass with my family. The whole point of 'touching grass' is to have some time where you do not have to think about, and interact with, technology. Making and using some kind of gimmick still pulls away the attention you could be dedicating to the nature and people around you.

Demo

There is none.

Code

Ditto.

How I Built It

I didn't.

Why Does Open Innovation Matter?

To show the world proper software has been, and can still be, built without the use of AI.

Pomodoro Timer

IpsumCapra — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:12:49 +0000

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend

What I Built

A friend of mine sometimes has trouble concentrating on their studies, so I made them a simple Pomodoro Timer using Python.

Demo

Copy the code to a file named main.py. Feel free to use a venv. After you have done that, run the two commands below. You only have to install the PyQt6 package once.

pip install PyQt6
python main.py

Code

import sys
from PyQt6.QtCore import QSize, QTimer
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QHBoxLayout, QLCDNumber, QMainWindow, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QWidget

# Window setup
app = QApplication(sys.argv)

window = QMainWindow()
window.setWindowTitle("Pomodoro Timer")
window.setFixedSize(QSize(420, 220))

layout = QVBoxLayout()

central_widget = QWidget()
central_widget.setLayout(layout)
window.setCentralWidget(central_widget)

# LCD
lcd = QLCDNumber()
lcd.setDigitCount(8)
lcd.setFixedSize(QSize(400, 150))
lcd.display("00:45:00")
lcd.setSegmentStyle(QLCDNumber.SegmentStyle.Filled)

layout.addWidget(lcd)

# Buttons
buttons = QWidget()
button_layout = QHBoxLayout()

toggle_button = QPushButton("Start/Stop")
reset_button = QPushButton("Reset")

button_layout.addWidget(toggle_button)
button_layout.addWidget(reset_button)
buttons.setLayout(button_layout)

layout.addWidget(buttons)

# Timer logic and connections
time_remaining = 45 * 60
filled = True

def update_time():
    global time_remaining, filled
    if time_remaining > 0:
        time_remaining = time_remaining - 1

        seconds = time_remaining

        (hours, seconds) = divmod(seconds, 3600)
        (minutes, seconds) = divmod(seconds, 60)

        lcd.display(f"{hours:02.0f}:{minutes:02.0f}:{seconds:02.0f}")
    else:
        filled = not filled
        lcd.setSegmentStyle(QLCDNumber.SegmentStyle.Filled if filled else QLCDNumber.SegmentStyle.Outline)

def reset_timer():
    global time_remaining
    update_timer.stop()
    time_remaining = 45 * 60 + 1
    filled = True
    lcd.setSegmentStyle(QLCDNumber.SegmentStyle.Filled)
    update_time()

update_timer = QTimer()
update_timer.timeout.connect(update_time)
toggle_button.pressed.connect(lambda: update_timer.stop() if update_timer.isActive() else update_timer.start(1000))
reset_button.pressed.connect(reset_timer)

# Run the app
window.show()
app.exec()

How I Built It

By hand. No AI was used. 100% Human made.

Why Does Open Innovation Matter?

Open source libraries are what makes these applications possible. Better yet, the language used to create the application, Python, is open source itself. These libraries, language features and transparency would not be possible with closed source.
The world can, however, go without 'open' AI tools. I would like to inspire people to get out there and actually build the relevant skills to achieve their goals. AI does not replace skill.

My Agent Session

No AI was used for this submission. 100% Human made.