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How I Built UNREACHABLE: The Emergency Route Intelligence Platform Cities Will Pay For

How I Built UNREACHABLE: The Emergency Route Intelligence Platform Cities Will Pay For

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CampusBrain v0.1: A Local-First Academic OS Scaffold (React + FastAPI)

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

CampusBrain v0.1: A Local-First Academic OS Scaffold (React + FastAPI)

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Eventually

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

Eventually

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File Butler: The Sloth-Inspired AI Directory Organizer

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

File Butler: The Sloth-Inspired AI Directory Organizer

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Tour of the Branches: a small open model that tells you who is buried around you, with no signal

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

Tour of the Branches: a small open model that tells you who is buried around you, with no signal

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Daylight: A Local AI PA That Makes Room for Work and Life

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

Daylight: A Local AI PA That Makes Room for Work and Life

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SlothBrief AI: The 100% Local Overnight Chat Tamer for the Gloriously Lazy

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

SlothBrief AI: The 100% Local Overnight Chat Tamer for the Gloriously Lazy

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DoseBuddy: A lazy medicine scheduler for Amma (paste once, never think about it again)

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

DoseBuddy: A lazy medicine scheduler for Amma (paste once, never think about it again)

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Chore Starter: AI does the preparation. I keep the final say.

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

Chore Starter: AI does the preparation. I keep the final say.

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Just One: tell it everything once, and every morning it shows you one thing

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

Just One: tell it everything once, and every morning it shows you one thing

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Kshetrajna Drift: I Let a Local Llama Deal With My Download Pile

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

Kshetrajna Drift: I Let a Local Llama Deal With My Download Pile

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EOD Report: my daily status report to the CEO, drafted by a local Gemma 4

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

EOD Report: my daily status report to the CEO, drafted by a local Gemma 4

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The Midnight Steeper: A Slow and Steady Bedtime Pet That Sends Kids to Sleep

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

The Midnight Steeper: A Slow and Steady Bedtime Pet That Sends Kids to Sleep

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Whatchalant: a lazy, local WhatsApp sidekick that reads my chats so I don't have to 🦥

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

Whatchalant: a lazy, local WhatsApp sidekick that reads my chats so I don't have to 🦥

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Kecal: A 37.5 M Open-Weight Model That Writes Your Cover Chat for You

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

Kecal: A 37.5 M Open-Weight Model That Writes Your Cover Chat for You

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