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Ghost of Rates Past: your old mortgage rate comes back to warn you

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

Ghost of Rates Past: your old mortgage rate comes back to warn you

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5 min read
Summoning and Exorcising Legacy Code 👻

Summoning and Exorcising Legacy Code 👻

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3 min read
LazyDigest 👻 — Bringing Your Documents Back to Life with Local AI

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

LazyDigest 👻 — Bringing Your Documents Back to Life with Local AI

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3 min read
typeghast: a typing game haunted by your coding agent's context window

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

typeghast: a typing game haunted by your coding agent's context window

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7 min read
Ghost in the Dataset 👻 | AI-Powered Data Analysis with Gemma

Ghost in the Dataset 👻 | AI-Powered Data Analysis with Gemma

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1 min read
echo: an old Windows XP chat window where the other person is slowly turning into you

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

echo: an old Windows XP chat window where the other person is slowly turning into you

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6 min read
Offerenda: llm powered memorial offline web

Offerenda: llm powered memorial offline web

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Repo Séance: Summoning the Ghosts of Git History with Local AI 👻

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

Repo Séance: Summoning the Ghosts of Git History with Local AI 👻

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5 min read
Séance: ask your grandmother's stories a question, and hear the answer in her voice (Whisper + Gemma 4, local)

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

Séance: ask your grandmother's stories a question, and hear the answer in her voice (Whisper + Gemma 4, local)

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5 min read
GhostWatch: Making the Ghost in Your Machine Visible — with Local AI

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

GhostWatch: Making the Ghost in Your Machine Visible — with Local AI

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5 min read
I Gave My Notes a Ghostly Side: Bringing Forgotten Memories Back with AI

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

I Gave My Notes a Ghostly Side: Bringing Forgotten Memories Back with AI

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3 min read
Our Ancestors Do Not Belong to an API: I Built an Air-Gapped Digital Ofrenda with Gemma 🕯️🌼

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

Our Ancestors Do Not Belong to an API: I Built an Air-Gapped Digital Ofrenda with Gemma 🕯️🌼

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13 min read
Death TanatoGothci, Part 2 — The Build: A Battery, Two Tools, and a Command That Never Runs

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

Death TanatoGothci, Part 2 — The Build: A Battery, Two Tools, and a Command That Never Runs

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9 min read
Ghostland.app - A visual tribute to Día de Muertos, your digital graveyards.

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

Ghostland.app - A visual tribute to Día de Muertos, your digital graveyards.

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4 min read
Summoning The Offline Medium: A Completely Private AI Séance

Summoning The Offline Medium: A Completely Private AI Séance

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