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Calavera Cabina: a tribute app for Día de Muertos

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

Calavera Cabina: a tribute app for Día de Muertos

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Hauntlog - A local ghost story generator👻

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

Hauntlog - A local ghost story generator👻

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Memoria: Keeping Family Voices Alive with Local Whisper + Gemma

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

Memoria: Keeping Family Voices Alive with Local Whisper + Gemma

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4 min read
Seance: a terminal that channels dead programming languages

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

Seance: a terminal that channels dead programming languages

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4 min read
AI Buddies: Bringing Digital Ghosts to Life with Open-Weight Models

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

AI Buddies: Bringing Digital Ghosts to Life with Open-Weight Models

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Requiem: a crash post-mortem that speaks as the program that died

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

Requiem: a crash post-mortem that speaks as the program that died

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2 min read
PHANTOM Terminal: Something Is Still Running 👻

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

PHANTOM Terminal: Something Is Still Running 👻

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5 min read
Séance: Talk to the Ghosts of Dead Programming Languages (Offline, with Gemma 4)

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

Séance: Talk to the Ghosts of Dead Programming Languages (Offline, with Gemma 4)

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2 min read
Marigold: an altar that will not invent the dead

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

Marigold: an altar that will not invent the dead

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6 min read
Older Card: the later story is louder, and the line is thrown away

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

Older Card: the later story is louder, and the line is thrown away

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4 min read
ContextForge: Resurrecting Codebase Blueprints to Slash LLM Token Waste by 90%

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

ContextForge: Resurrecting Codebase Blueprints to Slash LLM Token Waste by 90%

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5 min read
AI Ghost Story Generator: Bringing Spooky Lore to Life with Open-Weight LLMs & Horror Voice Narration 👻

AI Ghost Story Generator: Bringing Spooky Lore to Life with Open-Weight LLMs & Horror Voice Narration 👻

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I Summoned the Ghost of Atom and It Blamed "Disable tests."

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

I Summoned the Ghost of Atom and It Blamed "Disable tests."

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2 min read
Chitthi: A Séance Where the Ghost Can Only Quote Itself

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

Chitthi: A Séance Where the Ghost Can Only Quote Itself

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6 min read
back from the dead

back from the dead

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