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Haunted terminal : Ghost

Haunted terminal : Ghost

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3 min read
The candle: Spooky experience with Gemma 4

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

The candle: Spooky experience with Gemma 4

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3 min read
My Screen Recorder Is Haunted (On Purpose) Booya!!

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

My Screen Recorder Is Haunted (On Purpose) Booya!!

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4 min read
The Last Process: I built a haunted desktop with Gemma

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

The Last Process: I built a haunted desktop with Gemma

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5 min read
Lumbre: a Día de los Muertos altar that only remembers what you tell it

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Lumbre: a Día de los Muertos altar that only remembers what you tell it

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3 min read
Uninvited: my laptop left standby 233 times in 9 days. 72 times, it wasn't me.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Uninvited: my laptop left standby 233 times in 9 days. 72 times, it wasn't me.

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14 min read
Code Séance: a local AI second opinion for haunted code

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Code Séance: a local AI second opinion for haunted code

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4 min read
Unfinished Business: Four AI Spirits for Abandoned Code

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Unfinished Business: Four AI Spirits for Abandoned Code

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9 min read
GhostPort: a friendly haunting that teaches Nmap with local Gemma

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

GhostPort: a friendly haunting that teaches Nmap with local Gemma

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5 min read
AfterTrace: Excavating Forgotten Internet History with Gemma 4

AfterTrace: Excavating Forgotten Internet History with Gemma 4

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rip: A local graveyard and ofrenda for forgotten side projects

rip: A local graveyard and ofrenda for forgotten side projects

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Hallows: A Haunted Terminal That Reads Your Shell History and Names the Deathly Hallow You're Chasing

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Hallows: A Haunted Terminal That Reads Your Shell History and Names the Deathly Hallow You're Chasing

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9 min read
Ghost Mentor Match: Channeling Coding Spirits & a Git Ofrenda with Qwen & Gemma

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ghost Mentor Match: Channeling Coding Spirits & a Git Ofrenda with Qwen & Gemma

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4 min read
Ofrenda🕯️:Remembering Loved Ones With Gemma

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ofrenda🕯️:Remembering Loved Ones With Gemma

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Ouija Compiler: Talk with Dead Languages

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ouija Compiler: Talk with Dead Languages

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3 min read
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