Title: You Can Now Run LLMs Directly on a USB Drive—Ultimate Private AI?
Description: A Redditor just made a portable LLM setup run entirely from a flash drive, using Dolphin-Llama 3. No cloud, no filters—total offline control and privacy, even for censored environments. If you’ve ever wished for a truly independent AI assistant, now you can build one that fits in your pocket. Open-source guides available in the thread.
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Title: Amazon’s OmniRetarget Breakthrough Powers Humanoid Robots With Human-Like Movement
Description: Amazon’s FAR team unveiled OmniRetarget, a new framework that transforms human motion capture data into robot actions, enabling more agile, realistic humanoid movement. Their method: build a massive training dataset focused on physical interaction, letting robots perform complex, long-horizon tasks—like climbing, jumping, and parkour—in the real world. Demo and paper reveal major progress in virtuosic robotics.
Project: https://omniretarget.github.io
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Title: Microsoft, Slack & Netlify Bet Big on AI Agents—Here’s What’s Coming Next
Description: Massive week for AI agent builders: Microsoft released its open-source .NET Agent Framework, Slack upgraded with custom context-aware agents, and Netlify added deployment “Runners.” Even enterprise players like Alation, Phaidra, and AmplifAI landed major funding for agent-based automation. The wave is real—expect smarter digital coworkers everywhere in 2025.
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Title: Massive Open Dataset: 2,260 Real-World AI Use Cases Now Public
Description: Curated and categorized for easy discovery, this dataset maps over 2,200 verified practical AI applications across industries. The repo includes sample notebooks, trend charts, and transparent filtering rationale. If you’re building a product, researching trends, or pitching use cases, this is a goldmine.
GitHub: https://github.com/ckatsak/ai-use-cases
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Title: Open-Source All-in-One Productivity Hub—Pick Your Favorite Apps, Plug & Play
Description: Tired of mediocre “all-in-one” suites? Forkly is building a truly unified workspace where you choose best-in-class open-source apps for tasks, calendar, notes, and more—then seamlessly connect them with a simple, customizable dashboard. No more context switching, no vendor lock-in. Feedback needed on what open-source apps to integrate next!
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Title: The Missing Women’s Health Data Problem Is Quietly Breaking AI Models
Description: Even with an explosion of wearables and health trackers, clinical AI often fails women—especially during life-stage transitions—because of massive underrepresentation and poor labeling. This deep dive reveals why fixing dataset gaps isn’t only about fairness, but about making AI accurate for everyone. Join the conversation on building inclusive, actionable health datasets.
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Title: Daffodil: Open-Source Toolkit Lets You Build E-Commerce Stores on Any Backend
Description: Frustrated by every e-commerce platform’s endless quirks? Daffodil aims to standardize storefront development across Shopify, Magento, Salesforce, and more, letting you build complex, maintainable frontends with plugin drivers. Open source and modular—feedback and contributors wanted!
Repo: https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil | Demo: https://demo.daff.io/
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Title: AI-Powered Video Creation Skyrockets Reach—No Editing Headaches Required
Description: Tools like Revid AI now suggest trending ideas, write scripts, and automate editing, turning tedious video content production into a 30-minute breeze. Creators are reporting 100x view boosts and major time savings. Drop your favorite AI tools or hacks for viral video creation in the thread!
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Title: Calendar0: Smart Unified Calendar App Schedules Meetings in Seconds, Not Minutes
Description: Meet the new productivity hack: Calendar0 lets you check all calendars, reschedule events, and auto-find contacts—across personal and work accounts—instantly from your menubar. Designed to shave hours off tedious meeting admin. Available now for Windows and Mac.
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Title: Vexly: Stop Getting Burned by Sneaky Subscription Charges—Automated Alerts
Description: Still paying for old “free trials” and unused gyms? Vexly scans your bank history and sends privacy-first reminders before renewals hit, giving you a chance to cancel in time—no bank connection required. Web-based and works everywhere: early adopters get 50% off.
Title: Thinking Machines Lab Launches Tinker: API for Fine-Tuning LLMs With Full Data Control
Description: After a $2B seed round, Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab has unveiled Tinker—a managed platform for training and fine-tuning LLMs like Llama and Qwen at scale, with control over data and algorithms. The public Tinker Cookbook library lets developers and researchers build custom AI models with ease. This move aims to democratize frontier AI infrastructure and customization for everyone.
Docs: https://tinker-docs.thinkingmachines.ai/
Announcement: https://thinkingmachines.ai/blog/announcing-tinker/
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Title: AMA With GitHub Devs: Copilot Coding Agent, Spaces, and New AI Tools
Description: The GitHub team is answering your questions about their latest releases—including Copilot CLI, Copilot Spaces, and the new coding agent—before GitHub Universe. Jump in for insights straight from the engineers and PMs leading the charge.
Event info: https://githubuniverse.com/?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ama
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Title: Open-Source Social Layer ‘Replyke’ Adds Plug-and-Play Comments, Feeds & Notifications
Description: Replyke is a newly released open-source toolkit that drops ready-made social features into any app—think comments, threaded replies, likes, profiles, real-time notifications, and moderation—without upending your stack or locking you in. Works with React, Node, and more, and offers a live demo.
Check Demo: https://replyke.com
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Title: New Open-Source Tool Lets You Effortlessly Hide Faces in Photos—All On-Device
Description: Blurry is a privacy-focused iOS app using on-device AI to auto-detect faces in photos, letting you blur, pixelate, or cover them instantly—no cloud uploads. Protect identities or maintain privacy before sharing to social media. Feedback welcomed!
Try it: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blurry-hide-your-face/id6752717271
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Title: Automate Workflows in Minutes With AI Agents—Meet Lynkr Workbench
Description: Lynkr Workbench is an early-access platform that spins up AI agents from a simple description—automating everything from legal, finance, and sales to personal tasks. The focus: integration, not just chatbots. Agents connect APIs, analyze data, and execute real-world processes.
Sign up: https://www.workbench.lynkr.ca/
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Title: Frustrated by Lost Subscription Fees? New Tool Finds and Cancels ‘Zombie’ Subs
Description: ClearSubs scans your inbox and bank statements to detect ongoing subscriptions—even forgotten free trials—and lets you cancel with one click. Privacy-first, it keeps your data local. Get on the waitlist and see just how much you could save.
Waitlist: https://clear-subs.aptibot.com
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Title: [Open Source] Focus: Emotionally Intelligent Productivity for Real Humans
Description: Focus is an open-source task manager rethinking productivity—not just completing tasks, but matching your energy and flow. Features include adaptive motivation, satisfying completion gestures, and context-aware UI. Designed to make productivity feel rewarding, not draining.
GitHub: https://github.com/Appaxaap/Focus
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Title: GitHub Suspends Legit Open Source Project, Blocks Access to Support
Description: A developer’s open-source API discovery tool was abruptly suspended by GitHub for “ToS violation,” with support access denied—raising fresh concerns on platform moderation and recourse for legitimate projects.
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Title: AI-Powered Clipboard App Instantly Shares Files via Cloud Links
Description: Clipboard Genie is a powerful Windows clipboard manager offering lightning-fast file sharing: copy a file, generate a download link, and paste it anywhere—no login needed for recipients and free 10GB cloud storage. Try out the quick-sharing workflow.
Demo: (YouTube demo linked in original post)
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Title: [Discussion] ActiveFence vs Hive AI: Best for Real-Time GenAI Moderation?
Description: If you’re defending your generative AI app from prompt attacks, deepfakes, or phishing, have you tried ActiveFence or Hive AI? Share your experience with their real-time, multimodal AI content moderation—especially around abuse detection latency and accuracy.
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Title: [Research] Additive Manufacturing of Ultra-Stretchable CNT Nanocomposites for Smart Sensors
Description: Researchers developed highly stretchable, electrically conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites using light-based 3D printing—enabling new sensors for real-time health monitoring (e.g., smart insoles). This tech could push next-gen flexible electronics and wearables.
Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0263822325007792?via%3Dihub
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Title: Is Open Source Community Software Stuck? Ex-Flarum Dev Proposes Flexible, Code-Driven Alternative
Description: Drawing on years with Flarum, a former core developer argues for a new “headless CMS” for communities—letting devs define content types, programmable governance, and deploy anywhere (edge, cloud, etc). Discussion: Can such tech make open-source communities more agile and innovative?
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Title: The Fight Over Medical AI Disclaimers: Necessary Safety or Professional Gatekeeping?
Description: A Nature paper tracks declining disclaimers in AI medical tools, sparking debate: Are safety labels protecting patients, or just reinforcing professional monopolies at the expense of patient empowerment and innovation?
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Title: [Poll] When Will We See an Intelligence Explosion? Dwarkesh Patel’s Timeline Debate
Description: Podcast host Dwarkesh Patel predicts AI will revolutionize the economy only after overcoming continual learning—by 2032. Do you agree with his “inflection point” forecast, or are other breakthroughs needed?
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Title: [Showcase] TRIP – Free, Open-Source Map Tracker for Adventurers
Description: TRIP is a minimalist, privacy-friendly app for mapping points of interest, planning trips, and organizing travel data. Built-in support for GPX, pet-friendly stops, durations, costs, and more—plus a Google-Sheets-like table view.
Try it: https://github.com/mjirik/trip
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Title: [Startup Resource] API Offers Direct Access to 90,000+ Investor Leads
Description: Need to connect with investors? This new API on RapidAPI supplies profiles, verified contacts, and social links for 90k+ investors—built for founders and sales teams wanting to accelerate outreach.
Check it out: (RapidAPI link in original post)
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Title: [App] Easily Find Co-Founders: Connect With Fullstack Web Devs for Your Startup
Description: Searching for a technical founding partner? If you have a vision or MVP but need fullstack, front-end, or back-end expertise, connect here to find team members for your next venture.
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Title: [Call] European Startup Founders: Share Your Story on ‘Startup Voices’ YouTube Series
Description: Building in Europe? Get your journey and learnings featured on “Startup Voices,” a new series seeking to inspire and highlight European founders. Reach out to participate!
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Posts that primarily discuss personal productivity hacks, opinions on productivity philosophy, basic idea validation, or general calls for startup feedback/mentorship (“Blocked on growth?”, “One simple question changed my life”, “A new way of project management now with 3-day free trial”, etc.) were omitted for brevity and broader relevance.
Title: Karpathy vs Sutton: Are LLMs “Summoning Ghosts” Instead of Real Animal Intelligence?
Description:
Andrej Karpathy’s epic analysis draws a stark line between today’s LLMs (trained on troves of human data) and Sutton’s vision of true, intrinsically motivated intelligence—learning by “living,” not just imitating. If LLMs are distillations of our collective human ghosts, can they ever achieve the deep, open-ended smarts found in animals? This post summarizes a high-level debate shaking up the AI research world, questioning fundamentals of data, bias, and the very soul of artificial minds.
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Title: AI Addiction Prompt Exposes the Psychology Behind Your Phone Habit
Description:
What if your screen addiction isn’t your fault—but the result of tech companies hacking human psychology? This viral LLM prompt acts as a “digital addiction specialist,” helping you analyze and break your compulsive phone use using the very tricks employed to keep you hooked. If you want to understand (and fight back against) dopamine-hunting design, this is a must-see.
Browse the prompt library: https://flux-form.com/promptfuel/
Watch the breakdown: https://x.com/FluxFormAI/status/1973717786112451015
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Title: TripOS Update: Real-Time Flight Tracking & Global eSIMs—All Free, No Paywall
Description:
TripOS just leveled up: track your flights live (delays, gates, check-ins), score digital SIMs for any country, and manage every trip detail in one ad-free, subscription-free app. All-in-one itinerary, offline translation, weather, doc storage, and now world connectivity—totally free.
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Title: Termix v1.7: Self-Hosted File Explorer for Your Servers—Now With Full Windows-Like UI
Description:
Meet Termix, the open source, self-hosted file manager that gives your SSH-connected server the feel of Windows File Explorer—right in your browser! Edit, move, diff, preview, drag & drop, all media and file types, plus new security features and tunneling. Manage files the easy way, from anywhere.
Try it: https://github.com/LukeGus/Termix
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Title: Deepr 1.0.13—Manage Your Android Links and Deeplinks Across Devices (Open Source)
Description:
No more messy bookmarks: Deepr lets power users, devs, and testers organize, tag, and sync links (and even deep app links) across Android devices. Features include network sharing, markdown exports, QR code support, launch counters, and seamless link saving from any app.
Give it a go: https://github.com/yogeshpaliyal/Deepr/releases/tag/v1.0.13
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Title: gthr: Instantly Share File Digests for LLM Context—Right From the CLI
Description:
Tired of copy-pasting files for LLM or code reviews? gthr is a Rust CLI letting you fuzzy-pick files/dirs, then auto-generate a syntax-highlighted Markdown digest in one keystroke. Ideal for quickly feeding relevant context to browser-based AI or sharing bundles with collaborators.
Repo: https://github.com/Adarsh-Roy/gthr
Demo: https://youtu.be/xMqUyc3HN8o
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Title: Skillix: Gamified Habit Tracker Raises the Bar on Ethical Productivity Apps
Description:
Skillix transforms daily habits into a post-apocalyptic game—use your real-life actions to level up characters and settlements. Unlike FOMO-inducing trackers, it’s about healthy, sustainable growth. No accounts, no data sales, ethical AI use, and almost fully funded on Kickstarter!
Try/join beta: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skillix/skillix-the-habit-tracker-that-levels-up-your-life
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Title: What Is Intelligence? MIT Press Book Explores Human and AI Minds as Evolution’s Next Step
Description:
Neuroscientist Blaise Agüera y Arcas unpacks the nature of intelligence, arguing that modern AIs are more than parrots—they might even stake a claim to consciousness and free will. Predictive brains, evolution, ethics, and fresh findings cross neuroscience, philosophy, and machine learning.
See the book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049955/what-is-intelligence/
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Title: Cardano Global Open Source Hackathon 2025—$30k Prizes for Identity, Infra, and Tools
Description:
The Cardano Foundation launches “Layer Up,” an online-first global hackathon open to all. Build open-source dApps, digital ID systems, or blockchain infra for a $30k prize pool. Focused on practical, collaborative innovation—apply before October 30th!
Details: https://summit.cardano.org/page/5135432/layer-up-hackathon
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Title: ProblemMiner Hits 100: AI Agents Harvest Real-World Product Frustrations Daily
Description:
ProblemMiner, a growing community/tool, uses multi-agent AI to scout forums for persistent user pain points (from healthcare delays to digital workflow headaches). Get a daily digest of battle-tested product problems—solid signal for makers hunting real startup opportunities.
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Title: Dreamlit: Instantly Generate Production-Ready Emails from Plain English (No More SendGrid Blues)
Description:
Stop wrestling API integrations: Dreamlit lets you describe your email flow (“Send welcome email on signup”) and auto-builds the workflow, templates, and previews—especially for Supabase projects. Support for auth flows, onboarding, drips, and broadcasts, minus the boilerplate.
(Link in original post comments.)
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Title: Uniconvert: All-in-One Conversion Powerhouse App (Currency, Barcode, PDF, Video & More)
Description:
Tired of juggling multiple converters? Uniconvert covers over 25 features: currency, QR/barcode, document scanning, invoice, images, audio, even Morse code—one app to rule them all.
Try it: https://apps.apple.com/pk/app/uniconvert-all-converter-app/id6746698689
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Title: Pomo-Co.Work: Pomodoro Coworking With Live Rooms for Remote Focus Sessions
Description:
Bring the Pomodoro method to online coworking! Pomo-Co.Work lets you join shared focus rooms, with more features (private rooms, stats) on the way. Great for remote makers and indie workers seeking accountability and structured deep work.
Try beta: https://www.pomo-co.work/
Title: Open-Source Kani TTS: Lightning-Fast, Multilingual AI Voice for All
Description: KaniTTS just dropped a major update: a 370M parameter, open-source text-to-speech model that’s blazing fast, super expressive, and now supports English, German, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish. Built for consumer hardware and fully Apache 2.0 licensed—this is perfect for AI devs, accessibility projects, or edge devices looking for natural speech.
GitHub: https://github.com/nineninesix-ai/kani-tts | Demo: https://huggingface.co/spaces/nineninesix/KaniTTS
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Title: Run Your Own AI News Digest: DIY Local LLM Task Agent with n8n
Description: Tired of paying for OpenAI or Perplexity just to get AI news updates? This open-source workflow uses local LLMs, SearXNG, and n8n to automate personalized AI news emails, easily replacing costly cloud services. Import the workflow and customize for your personal or company updates.
GitHub: https://github.com/Ithrial/DoyleHome-Projects/tree/main/N8N-Latest-AI-News
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Title: Sora 2 & GPT‑5: OpenAI Unveils State-of-the-Art Multimodal Models
Description: OpenAI just launched Sora 2, a next-gen model generating video, audio, and text, plus GPT‑5 with far better reasoning and alignment. The API rolls out real‑time inference and new safety features—big news for devs and researchers building with LLMs and multimodal AI.
Details: https://openai.com/news/
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Title: Google’s AI Mode Gets Visual Refresh, Limits Health Search Answers
Description: Google’s latest AI Mode update brings richer, visually enhanced shopping search results, blending images seamlessly into the experience. Meanwhile, the platform restricts sensitive queries—like those linking figures to health conditions—raising fresh debate on AI bias and transparency in search.
Example: https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/10/01/google-gives-visual-upgrade-to-shopping-searches-in-ai-mode
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Title: Stanford Releases 2025 AI Index: Must-Read Stats for AI’s Global Impact
Description: Stanford HAI’s new AI Index Report is out, offering gold-standard metrics on AI research, funding, and adoption worldwide. Essential reading for anyone tracking industry trends, policy debates, or benchmarking local AI efforts.
Report: https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report
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Title: Lokus 1.2: Local-First Note App With Graph View and AI Plugin Support
Description: Meet Lokus—an open-source, privacy-focused, cross-platform markdown note-taker with backlinks, 2D/3D graph visualization, Notion-like database views, and plugin support (including for AI tools). No subscription, ultra-lightweight, fully local.
GitHub: https://github.com/lokus-ai/lokus | Docs: https://docs-iota-two-79.vercel.app
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Title: Travique: AI-Powered Travel Plans That Find Hidden Gems for You
Description: Say goodbye to travel planning headaches—Travique uses AI to build personalized itineraries, find off-the-beaten-path spots, and soon lets you tweak your plans conversationally. Join the waitlist and check out a sample trip to see what AI-powered wanderlust looks like.
Waitlist: https://travique.co | Demo: https://travique.co/trip-itinerary?trip_id=86536364-bd58-4ccd-8e3e-61e339ee9c24
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Title: KaniTTS
Description: (Merged – Duplicate entry removed; see above for KaniTTS details.)
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Title: Open-Source Video Summarizer Lets You Chat with Any Video Locally or via API
Description: New tool enables users to generate text and contextual summaries of videos by processing local files or YouTube links. It supports both local (privacy-first, no API cost) and cloud/API workflows, with plans for chat-with-video and structured export features. Great for students, researchers, or anyone who needs quick video digests.
GitHub: https://github.com/Ga0512/video-analysis
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Title: DockMon: All-in-One Docker Monitoring & Alerts App Goes Open Source
Description: DockMon gives you centralized, real-time monitoring of all your Docker containers across multiple hosts. Get live logs, advanced alerting (Discord, Slack, and more), per-container auto-restart, and a fully customizable dashboard. Designed for both home labs and power users, including features for mobile and planned integration with unRAID.
GitHub: https://github.com/darthnorse/dockmon
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Title: Free, Open-Source Google Street View Panorama Scraper Released
Description: With gsvp-dl, users can bulk download millions of Google Maps Street View panoramas for offline use or custom mapping. Built in Python, the tool fixes old edge cases around panorama sizes and supports both pre- and post-2016 images for unmatched accuracy. Perfect for open data visualizations and geospatial research.
GitHub: https://github.com/robolyst/gsvp-dl
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Title: Open-Source Trading Journal Project Seeks Community Developers
Description: A non-coder used AI tools to kickstart a free, open-source trading journal—now the project needs contributors to polish and finish it. Aiming to provide a feature-rich alternative to expensive trading journals, especially for users in developing countries. If you care about open finance tools, join in and help shape it.
(No repo link yet—community building in progress.)
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Title: Community-Built iOS App Makes Pet Health Tracking Effortless
Description: Fido’s Bark is a free iOS app to keep your pet’s health records, meds, vet visits, and more perfectly organized. Share profiles with family or sitters and ensure nothing gets missed. Built by a pet owner, for pet parents everywhere looking for simple peace of mind.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6744088514
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Title: Android App Instantly Turns Messy Notes Into Actionable, Prioritized To-Do Lists
Description: This new Android tool uses AI to convert vague or scattered notes into structured, prioritized plans you can actually follow. Perfect for students, side projects, or anyone who struggles to turn ideas into action. Beta testers wanted and feedback on monetization welcome!
(More info on Indie Hackers—beta sign-up coming soon.)
