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Benchmarking Voice AI for Engineering Screening: How We Achieved 94% Correlation with Senior Human Interviewers

When automated hiring platforms claim "expert-level candidate evaluation," engineering leaders remain skeptical. LLM-based evaluators are notoriously prone to conversational leniency, prompt drift…

  • Kovi voice AI achieves 94% correlation with senior human interviewers
  • Decoupled architecture reduces scoring drift to 0.21 variance
  • System flags candidates using AI copilots with 100% accuracy

LocalLens: private document Q&A that runs 100% on your machine

LocalLens: private document Q&A that runs 100% on your machine My entry for the Hacktoberfest Week 2 "Side Hustle" challenge — built with open-weight models, zero API costs, and a business model I'd…

  • LocalLens is a private document Q&A tool running entirely on users' machines.
  • It addresses confidential documents issues by avoiding API costs and subscriptions.
  • The tool cites sources for answers, ensuring accuracy and avoiding hallucinations.

I built an MCP server so Claude stops telling me to do homework I already submitted

My school runs on D2L Brightspace. I wanted to ask my AI one thing, "what should I work on right now", and get a real answer. The problem is that most tools only read due dates.

  • brightspace-d2l-mcp server tracks actual submission status for assignments
  • Inquires about remaining tasks disregards already submitted work
  • Setup involves single command, connects to Claude tools without storing passwords

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