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Portion Quest: A 60-Second Hidden Object Game Set in a Witch's Haunted Forest 🧙‍♀️🎃

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

Portion Quest: A 60-Second Hidden Object Game Set in a Witch's Haunted Forest 🧙‍♀️🎃

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16 min read
Ofrenda: The Offline Memory Altar

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

Ofrenda: The Offline Memory Altar

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6 min read
Séance: Summoning the Ghost of COBOL, Entirely Offline

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

Séance: Summoning the Ghost of COBOL, Entirely Offline

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3 min read
slowmate

slowmate

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3 min read
Git Séance — Summoning the Ghosts of Abandoned Repositories with Gemma 2

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

Git Séance — Summoning the Ghosts of Abandoned Repositories with Gemma 2

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2 min read
👻 Haunted Terminal AI — The Forgotten Signal | An AI-Powered Mystery Game

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

👻 Haunted Terminal AI — The Forgotten Signal | An AI-Powered Mystery Game

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3 min read
GhostTrace AI: Giving Abandoned Codebases a Ghost Story

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

GhostTrace AI: Giving Abandoned Codebases a Ghost Story

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3 min read
Git Graveyard: a pixel cemetery where a local Gemma writes epitaphs for your deleted files

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

Git Graveyard: a pixel cemetery where a local Gemma writes epitaphs for your deleted files

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4 min read
The Ghost Maintainer: A Séance for Dead Repositories (And How We Proved an AI Wasn't Lying)

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

The Ghost Maintainer: A Séance for Dead Repositories (And How We Proved an AI Wasn't Lying)

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8 min read
Ghost in the Machine: Summoning an Offline Code Spectre with Open-Weight AI

Ghost in the Machine: Summoning an Offline Code Spectre with Open-Weight AI

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3 min read
LoabPron: a Notpron-style horror riddle haunted by a Gemma that lives on your computer

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

LoabPron: a Notpron-style horror riddle haunted by a Gemma that lives on your computer

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9 min read
Ghost in the Terminal

Ghost in the Terminal

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2 min read
NecroShell: The Possessed Terminal

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

NecroShell: The Possessed Terminal

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5 min read
GitNecromancer: The Open-Source Séance Engine for Dead Code and Repo Graveyards

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

GitNecromancer: The Open-Source Séance Engine for Dead Code and Repo Graveyards

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6 min read
I held a séance with Edgar Allan Poe. He may only speak through his own books.

I held a séance with Edgar Allan Poe. He may only speak through his own books.

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5 min read
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