The latest articles on DEV Community by Shubham Balwan (@shubhambalwanhackathon). https://dev.to/shubhambalwanhackathon 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/shubhambalwanhackathon en Shubham Balwan Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:19:34 +0000 https://dev.to/shubhambalwanhackathon/id-usetrailmate-ai-that-tells-you-to-put-your-phone-away-2mb7 https://dev.to/shubhambalwanhackathon/id-usetrailmate-ai-that-tells-you-to-put-your-phone-away-2mb7 <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hackertoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h1> 🌿 TrailMate — AI That Tells You to Put Your Phone Away </h1> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>TrailMate</strong> is an AI-powered outdoor adventure companion designed to get people away from their screens and into the real world.</p> <p>The user chooses things like:</p> <ul> <li>Location</li> <li>Activity</li> <li>Available time</li> <li>Difficulty</li> <li>Interests</li> </ul> <p>TrailMate then creates an adventure with outdoor missions, things to notice, packing suggestions, safety reminders, and most importantly, a <strong>phone-away rule</strong>.</p> <p>The idea is:</p> <p><strong>PLAN → GO OUTSIDE → OBSERVE → COME BACK → REFLECT</strong></p> <p>The screen is intentionally the shortest part of the experience.</p> <p>After returning, the user can record what they experienced and create an <strong>Adventure Journal</strong>.</p> <p>The goal isn't to make another AI app that people spend hours using.</p> <p>The goal is to use AI for a few seconds, then <strong>go outside</strong>.</p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p>🎥 <strong><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yuE5edOyFiHlXMgldbyap9uXUUk_Ll3/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer">Watch the TrailMate Demo</a></strong></p> <p>The demo shows:</p> <ol> <li>Planning an adventure</li> <li>Generating an adventure using local AI</li> <li>Receiving outdoor missions</li> <li>Putting the phone away</li> <li>Returning and reflecting</li> <li>Creating an Adventure Journal</li> </ol> <h2> Code </h2> <p>💻 <strong><a href="https://github.com/shubhambalwan/trailmate" rel="noopener noreferrer">GitHub Repository</a></strong></p> <p>The project is open source.</p> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>TrailMate uses an open-weight AI model running locally.</p> <h3> AI Stack </h3> <ul> <li><strong>Qwen3-0.6B</strong></li> <li><strong>GGUF</strong></li> <li><strong>llama.cpp</strong></li> </ul> <p>The model runs locally through <code>llama.cpp</code> rather than sending the adventure-generation request to a closed cloud AI API.</p> <h3> Application Stack </h3> <ul> <li>React</li> <li>TypeScript</li> <li>Vite</li> <li>FastAPI</li> <li>llama.cpp</li> <li>Qwen3-0.6B</li> </ul> <h3> Architecture </h3> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> text ┌──────────────────────┐ │ React + TypeScript │ │ Frontend │ └──────────┬───────────┘ │ ▼ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ FastAPI │ │ Backend │ └──────────┬───────────┘ │ ▼ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ llama.cpp │ │ Local inference │ └──────────┬───────────┘ │ ▼ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ Qwen3-0.6B │ │ GGUF model │ └──────────────────────┘ </code></pre> </div> devchallenge hf26challenge Shubham Balwan Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:34:56 +0000 https://dev.to/shubhambalwanhackathon/hello-37b9 https://dev.to/shubhambalwanhackathon/hello-37b9