The latest articles on DEV Community by TGHZ (@tghz_bfa52e2616df5fd71c83). https://dev.to/tghz_bfa52e2616df5fd71c83 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%2F4173890%2F737b9280-0e9b-47b2-981c-f5d98d0b4b05.jpg https://dev.to/tghz_bfa52e2616df5fd71c83 en TGHZ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:05:07 +0000 https://dev.to/tghz_bfa52e2616df5fd71c83/trail-quest-ai-explore-learn-earn-gc4 https://dev.to/tghz_bfa52e2616df5fd71c83/trail-quest-ai-explore-learn-earn-gc4 <h1> TrailQuest AI 🌿 — Less scrolling. More exploring. </h1> <p>I’m working on <strong>TrailQuest AI</strong>, an outdoor quest companion for the Touch Grass open-source AI challenge.</p> <p>Choose a Nature Walk, Birdwatching session, Photography Hunt, or Gardening activity. Set your available time and energy level, add an optional interest, and get a short mission with practical tasks and safety reminders. Complete the tasks to earn Trail Points, then put your phone away and enjoy the outdoors.</p> <h2> Why this idea? </h2> <p>Technology can help us start an activity without becoming the activity itself. TrailQuest is designed to make the phone a starting point for curiosity—not something to keep staring at.</p> <h2> Built with </h2> <ul> <li>Python and Flask</li> <li>HTML, CSS, and JavaScript</li> <li>Browser local storage for Trail Points</li> <li>Optional Ollama integration for local open-weight model inference</li> <li>Built-in mission library as a fallback when local AI is unavailable</li> </ul> <p><strong>AI status:</strong> The current demo uses the built-in mission library unless Ollama is installed, running, and confirmed by the app. Live local AI generation has not been verified.</p> <h2> Links </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>Live Demo:</strong> <a href="https://trailquest-ai.onrender.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://trailquest-ai.onrender.com</a> </li> <li> <strong>Source Code:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/Tasadduque2004/TrailQuest-AI" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/Tasadduque2004/TrailQuest-AI</a> </li> </ul> <h2> Outdoor test </h2> <p>I plan to test TrailQuest outdoors and share what I observe after trying it.</p> <p>This project is released under the MIT License. Contributions and suggestions are welcome.</p> <h1> TouchGrass #OpenSourceAI #LocalAI #Ollama </h1> hf26challengesvg devchallengesvg