The latest articles on DEV Community by Vidish Sharma (@vidish0008). https://dev.to/vidish0008 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/vidish0008 en Vidish Sharma Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:53:01 +0000 https://dev.to/vidish0008/trailmate-ai-an-ai-that-wants-you-to-stop-using-it-3lco https://dev.to/vidish0008/trailmate-ai-an-ai-that-wants-you-to-stop-using-it-3lco <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> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fxnqmt1phwvcm9dbiy4k5.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fxnqmt1phwvcm9dbiy4k5.png" alt=" " width="800" height="800"></a></p> <h1> 🌿 TrailMate AI — Go Outside. AI Will Wait. </h1> <p>TrailMate AI is an outdoor companion designed around one simple idea:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>What if an AI product actually wanted you to stop using it?</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Most AI applications are designed to keep users on a screen. TrailMate takes the opposite approach.</p> <p>It gives users simple outdoor missions that encourage them to walk, explore, observe nature, and discover things around them.</p> <p>For example:</p> <ul> <li>🌳 Find two different trees</li> <li>🍃 Find three different leaves</li> <li>🐦 Listen for different outdoor sounds</li> <li>🔎 Find something you've never noticed before</li> <li>🌎 Explore your surroundings for 20 minutes</li> </ul> <p>The app tracks outdoor time, completed missions, discoveries, and generates a <strong>Touch Grass Score</strong>.</p> <p>The goal is to make the screen the <strong>shortest part of the experience</strong>.</p> <h2> Demo </h2> <h3> 🌐 Live Website </h3> <p>👉 <a href="https://vidish0008-prog.github.io/TrailMate-AI/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://vidish0008-prog.github.io/TrailMate-AI/</a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F50mhkj305g3i8p3q9txv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F50mhkj305g3i8p3q9txv.png" alt=" " width="799" height="415"></a><br> The project is deployed using GitHub Pages and can be opened directly in a browser.</p> <h3> 🎥 Demo Flow </h3> <p>The current experience works like this:</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> text Open TrailMate ↓ Start Adventure ↓ Receive an outdoor mission ↓ Go outside ↓ Start the outdoor timer ↓ Complete missions ↓ Record discoveries ↓ Check your Touch Grass Score ↓ Put the phone away again 🌿 </code></pre> </div> devchallenge hf26challenge