The latest articles on DEV Community by Uttkarshani Dubey (@uttkarshani_dubey_5701865). https://dev.to/uttkarshani_dubey_5701865 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%2F4171789%2F75f6a8be-b5b7-44ee-a960-e71d27d9c242.jpg https://dev.to/uttkarshani_dubey_5701865 en Uttkarshani Dubey Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:05:26 +0000 https://dev.to/uttkarshani_dubey_5701865/hustlemate-ai-build-sell-grow-3e9c https://dev.to/uttkarshani_dubey_5701865/hustlemate-ai-build-sell-grow-3e9c <h1> HustleMate AI 🚀 — Your AI-Powered Side Hustle Assistant </h1> <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built <strong>HustleMate AI</strong>, a simple AI-powered assistant designed to help students, beginners, freelancers, and small business owners manage their side hustles more easily.</p> <p>Starting a small business can be difficult when you don't know how to write product descriptions, promote products on social media, or respond professionally to customers. Hiring someone for every small task can also be expensive.</p> <p>HustleMate AI helps users:</p> <ul> <li>Generate attractive product descriptions.</li> <li>Create engaging social media captions.</li> <li>Write polite and professional customer replies.</li> <li>Choose a suitable tone for their content.</li> </ul> <p>The goal is to save time, reduce the difficulty of content creation, and help people focus on growing their businesses.</p> <p><strong>Who would pay for it?</strong></p> <p>Freelancers, online sellers, student entrepreneurs, and small business owners could benefit from this tool. In the future, it could offer premium features for users who need more content-generation tools and customization.</p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p><strong>Live Demo:</strong>https ://uttkarshanidhttpsubey-rgb.github.io/hustlemadeai/?</p> <h2> Code </h2> <p><strong>GitHub Repository:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/uttkarshanidubey-rgb/hustlemadeai.git" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/uttkarshanidubey-rgb/hustlemadeai.git</a><br> The project is built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with an AI model accessed through an API-compatible endpoint.</p> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>I built HustleMate AI using:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>HTML5</strong> for the website structure.</li> <li> <strong>CSS3</strong> for styling and layout.</li> <li> <strong>JavaScript</strong> for form handling, prompt creation, API requests, and copying generated content.</li> <li> <strong>Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct</strong> as the intended default model, accessed through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.</li> </ul> <p>Users select a tool, enter their information, choose a tone, and generate content using the AI model.</p> <p>I wanted to keep the project simple and accessible for beginners while demonstrating how AI can solve practical problems for people running small businesses.</p> <h2> Why Does Open Innovation Matter? </h2> <p>Open innovation matters because developers should have the freedom to experiment with AI models, understand how they work, and choose tools that fit their needs.</p> <p>By building HustleMate AI around a model-compatible interface, I can experiment with different supported models instead of designing the project around a single provider.</p> <p>Open models and tools can give developers more flexibility, encourage learning, and make it easier to customize AI-powered applications. They also create opportunities to explore privacy-conscious or locally hosted AI in future versions.</p> <p>My project is an early step toward making AI tools more accessible to people who want to start a side hustle without needing advanced technical skills.</p> <h2> Prize Categories </h2> <ul> <li>Side Hustle — Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2</li> </ul> <h2> What I Learned </h2> <p>While building this project, I explored how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript can work together with an AI endpoint to create a practical application.</p> <p>I also learned that building an AI product is not just about generating text. It is about identifying a real problem, making the solution easy to use, and considering security and accessibility.</p> <p><strong>My next goal is to improve HustleMate AI, test it with real users, and explore ways to make it more useful for small businesses.</strong></p> devchallenge hf26challenge Uttkarshani Dubey Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:52:45 +0000 https://dev.to/uttkarshani_dubey_5701865/greenquest-ai-less-scrolling-more-exploring-an-open-source-ai-outdoor-adventure-planner-49mg https://dev.to/uttkarshani_dubey_5701865/greenquest-ai-less-scrolling-more-exploring-an-open-source-ai-outdoor-adventure-planner-49mg <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h1> 🌿 GreenQuest AI: Less Scrolling, More Exploring </h1> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>GreenQuest AI is an outdoor adventure planner designed to encourage people to spend less time on their screens and more time exploring the real world.</p> <p>Users can choose their mood, available time, location, and interests to discover simple outdoor activities. Whether someone wants to explore a garden, observe plants, listen to birds, or take a relaxing walk, GreenQuest helps turn free time into a small adventure.</p> <h3> Key Features </h3> <ul> <li>🌱 Personalized outdoor activity suggestions</li> <li>⏱️ Activity durations of 10, 20, or 30 minutes</li> <li>🌳 Multiple outdoor location options</li> <li>🎨 Activities based on personal interests</li> <li>⏰ An outdoor countdown timer</li> <li>📱 A responsive interface for desktop and mobile</li> </ul> <p>The main idea is simple: <strong>use technology to help people put technology away.</strong></p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p><strong>Live Demo:</strong> file:///C:/Users/hp/Desktop/greenquestai/index.html</p> <h2> Code </h2> <p><strong>GitHub Repository:</strong><a href="https://github.com/uttkarshanidubey-rgb/GREENQUESTAI.git" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/uttkarshanidubey-rgb/GREENQUESTAI.git</a></p> <p>The project uses three files:</p> <ul> <li> <code>index.html</code> — website structure</li> <li> <code>style.css</code> — visual design and responsive layout</li> <li> <code>script.js</code> — activity generation and countdown timer</li> </ul> <p>The website is built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.</p> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>I built GreenQuest AI using basic web technologies to keep the project simple, accessible, and easy to modify.</p> <p>HTML provides the structure, CSS creates the nature-inspired design, and JavaScript handles the user's preferences, generates outdoor missions from predefined activities, and runs the countdown timer.</p> <p>I chose this approach because I wanted to create a project that beginners could understand and improve.</p> <p><strong>Current implementation:</strong> The activity generator uses predefined activities rather than a genuine AI model. Integrating an open-weight model for personalized activity generation is the next step in making the project fully satisfy the challenge's open-source AI requirement.</p> <h2> Why Does Open Innovation Matter? </h2> <p>Open innovation makes it possible for developers to inspect, customize, and improve the tools they use instead of relying entirely on closed platforms.</p> <p>For GreenQuest AI, open technologies provide a starting point for building a privacy-conscious outdoor assistant. The current version processes preferences locally in the browser and does not require an external AI API.</p> <p>With an open-weight model integrated into the project, the application could generate more personalized activities while giving developers greater flexibility to change models and experiment with their behavior.</p> <p>My goal is to explore how open AI can encourage real-world experiences rather than create another reason to remain online.</p> <h2> My Agent Session </h2> <p>Not available yet.</p> <p>I may add an agent session after integrating and testing an AI model.</p> <h2> Prize Categories </h2> <p>To be confirmed based on the challenge's official partner categories and the technologies integrated into the final project.</p> <h2> Final Thoughts </h2> <p>GreenQuest AI started with one question:</p> <p><strong>What if technology helped us spend less time looking at a screen and more time looking at the world around us?</strong></p> <p>I want to keep improving this project by integrating open-weight AI, exploring offline capabilities, and adding more nature-based activities.</p> <p>🌿 <strong>Step outside. Discover something real. Make every adventure count.</strong></p> devchallenge hf26challenge