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Ofrenda: a memory altar that never leaves your device

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

Ofrenda: a memory altar that never leaves your device

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7 min read
NoirTerminal: Your Offline, Zero-Cost Haunted AI Proxy for Terminal Automation

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

NoirTerminal: Your Offline, Zero-Cost Haunted AI Proxy for Terminal Automation

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2 min read
Ghost Shift: The Agent Is Gone. Does Its Work Survive?

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

Ghost Shift: The Agent Is Gone. Does Its Work Survive?

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5 min read
Dord haunted Webster's for 13 years. I taught Gemma to make more ghost words.

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

Dord haunted Webster's for 13 years. I taught Gemma to make more ghost words.

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8 min read
I Built an Offline Job Hunt Tracker That Runs a Local LLM on My Inbox

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

I Built an Offline Job Hunt Tracker That Runs a Local LLM on My Inbox

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🕯️ Lumina: Realms of Remembrance & Lore -educational Halloween-adjacent arcade 👻

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

🕯️ Lumina: Realms of Remembrance & Lore -educational Halloween-adjacent arcade 👻

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4 min read
PHANTOM CLI: The Ghost Living Inside Your Terminal 👻

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

PHANTOM CLI: The Ghost Living Inside Your Terminal 👻

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2 min read
I checked all 106 links in VTU's CSE syllabus. 11 are dead or possessed.

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

I checked all 106 links in VTU's CSE syllabus. 11 are dead or possessed.

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8 min read
Names in the Machine — 11 people who have died are still named in the license and package files on the machine I build on

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

Names in the Machine — 11 people who have died are still named in the license and package files on the machine I build on

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7 min read
Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine

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SpecterOS: Ghost in the Machine

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

SpecterOS: Ghost in the Machine

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6 min read
git séance: I asked a local Gemma to channel the ghosts of a dead AngularJS codebase

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

git séance: I asked a local Gemma to channel the ghosts of a dead AngularJS codebase

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4 min read
git-ofrenda: An Ofrenda for Deleted Code

git-ofrenda: An Ofrenda for Deleted Code

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5 min read
👻 GhostLog: The Haunted Digital Archive — Turning Computer Logs into Ghost Stories

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

👻 GhostLog: The Haunted Digital Archive — Turning Computer Logs into Ghost Stories

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GhostShell: The Terminal Is Haunted, and That Is the Point

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

GhostShell: The Terminal Is Haunted, and That Is the Point

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2 min read
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