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PlacePal: an offline mock-interview coach I built for a friend, powered by Gemma and Ollama

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

PlacePal: an offline mock-interview coach I built for a friend, powered by Gemma and Ollama

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Livestock Monitoring System

Livestock Monitoring System

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Expense Tracker: Private AI-Powered Spending Insights with Gemma 3 4B

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

Expense Tracker: Private AI-Powered Spending Insights with Gemma 3 4B

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Mercy: Because “My Bad” Isn’t a Rollback Strategy

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission đź’¸

Mercy: Because “My Bad” Isn’t a Rollback Strategy

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RoomieMeal

RoomieMeal

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Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend (devmemory)

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend (devmemory)

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SalesWhy: I Built an AI That Explains Sales Drops — Then a Generic LLM Beat My Own Pipeline

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission đź’¸

SalesWhy: I Built an AI That Explains Sales Drops — Then a Generic LLM Beat My Own Pipeline

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A private budget chat for Paola, checked by local Gemma

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

A private budget chat for Paola, checked by local Gemma

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A dinner planner for a friend who shouldn't have to check the AI's work

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

A dinner planner for a friend who shouldn't have to check the AI's work

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I built friendstudy ai — an open-source ai study companion for students

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

I built friendstudy ai — an open-source ai study companion for students

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BioFlow — Thirteen Years of Lab Reports, and the Appointment That Broke the Folder

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

BioFlow — Thirteen Years of Lab Reports, and the Appointment That Broke the Folder

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SnoreLab: Privacy-First Local AI for Snoring Detection

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

SnoreLab: Privacy-First Local AI for Snoring Detection

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đź’Ľ GigCraft AI: Turn Client Briefs into Actionable Project Plans

đź’Ľ GigCraft AI: Turn Client Briefs into Actionable Project Plans

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EchoMemo:Second brain for my college friend

EchoMemo:Second brain for my college friend

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OpenGameBuilder: Describe a game in one sentence and generate it using a local LLM like Gemma 4.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission đź’¸

OpenGameBuilder: Describe a game in one sentence and generate it using a local LLM like Gemma 4.

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