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PaperPilot: Turning Messy GST Invoices into Clean Records with Gemma

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

PaperPilot: Turning Messy GST Invoices into Clean Records with Gemma

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Touchgrass - ai

Touchgrass - ai

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Repost : We Searched eBay for 237 Recalled Products. Only 45 of 12,562 Listings Named the Model.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Repost : We Searched eBay for 237 Recalled Products. Only 45 of 12,562 Listings Named the Model.

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FreelanceFlow AI: Generate Client Proposals with Open-Weight AI

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

FreelanceFlow AI: Generate Client Proposals with Open-Weight AI

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Side Quests Grow on Trees (Leave Them Where They Grow) 🌿

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Submission 🌿

Side Quests Grow on Trees (Leave Them Where They Grow) 🌿

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Nature Detective — the offline AI that sends my kids back outside

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Submission 🌿

Nature Detective — the offline AI that sends my kids back outside

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I Distilled a 397B Model Into a 4B One for $1.60. It Now Catches 28 of 33 Park Alerts That Should Stop Your Hike.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Submission 🌿

I Distilled a 397B Model Into a 4B One for $1.60. It Now Catches 28 of 33 Park Alerts That Should Stop Your Hike.

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SAATHI AI: What If We Could Recognize the Warning Signs Before It's Too Late?

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

SAATHI AI: What If We Could Recognize the Warning Signs Before It's Too Late?

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How I Built an AI-Powered Side Hustle Architect to Automate Startup Ideas 💡

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

How I Built an AI-Powered Side Hustle Architect to Automate Startup Ideas 💡

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ScopeGuard AI: An Open-Weight AI Assistant That Helps Freelancers Protect Their Scope of Work

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

ScopeGuard AI: An Open-Weight AI Assistant That Helps Freelancers Protect Their Scope of Work

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OneInbox: a fine-tuned 4B model that reads my inbox so I don't have to

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

OneInbox: a fine-tuned 4B model that reads my inbox so I don't have to

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Framejury, a culling assistant that works offline and explains every photo it rejects

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Framejury, a culling assistant that works offline and explains every photo it rejects

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I just saved 25 hours a month…

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

I just saved 25 hours a month…

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FlipCraft AI: Turning Thrift Finds into a Profitable Side Hustle with Local Gemma 2 Open-Weight AI

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

FlipCraft AI: Turning Thrift Finds into a Profitable Side Hustle with Local Gemma 2 Open-Weight AI

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I Built a Food Research Tool for My Friend. She Told Me She Wouldn't Use It.

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

I Built a Food Research Tool for My Friend. She Told Me She Wouldn't Use It.

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