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Priyanshu Gupta
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Hacktoberfest 2026: Building with Open-Source AI

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Hey everyone! πŸ‘‹

I’m Priyanshu, a third-year IT student and AI/ML enthusiast.

Hacktoberfest 2026 is taking a different direction this year β€” and I’m genuinely excited about it.

This time, I’m not here to chase PR counts. I want to spend October building, experimenting, and learning with open-source AI and open-weight models. πŸ€–

I’ve mostly worked with GenAI applications, RAG pipelines, AI agents, and frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph and FastAPI.

For Hacktoberfest, I want to take that a step further:

β†’ Experiment with open-weight models and local inference

β†’ Build an AI project around an actual problem

β†’ Explore open-source agent frameworks

β†’ Learn how open AI systems compare with proprietary APIs

β†’ Document what I learn and share the journey here

I’m especially interested in seeing what other developers are building and experimenting with this month.

No PR counter. No contribution farming.

Just build β†’ experiment β†’ learn β†’ share. πŸš€

Let’s see what we can create with open-source AI.

hacktoberfest #opensource #ai #machinelearning

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