The latest articles on DEV Community by Mark Karrica (@markkarrica). https://dev.to/markkarrica 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%2F766589%2Fff2161f9-9ea6-4129-bd79-51b7be2d3cb3.png https://dev.to/markkarrica en Mark Karrica Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:21:10 +0000 https://dev.to/markkarrica/learning-language-machine-2plb https://dev.to/markkarrica/learning-language-machine-2plb <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 this program for my girlfriend who struggles a lot with learning the english language.<br> This is an open-source AI powered language tutor who will roleplay to emulate real word scenarios.</p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p><a href="https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1cXtNI52bj3-qpIGi9wU4fhzbAK8RGx6W?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer">Demo uploaded on Google Colab</a></p> <h2> Code </h2> <p><a href="https://github.com/markkarrica/language-learning-machine" rel="noopener noreferrer">Code is on Github</a></p> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>I used Unsloth as an OpenAI-compatible API server. I ran open weight models such as Gemma 4 and Qwen 3.5.</p> <h2> Why Does Open Innovation Matter? </h2> <p>Open innovation made the AI integration and implementation easier in my project.</p> devchallenge weekendchallenge hf26challenge