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Context engineering: the job prompt engineering grew into

Context engineering is deciding, for every request, exactly what the model gets to see: the instructions, the knowledge retrieved for this question, what the system remembers about the user, the tools…

• Context engineering selects and prepares information for language models.
• It involves deciding what data the model should see, such as instructions and retrieved knowledge.
• As context grows, model performance may degrade due to dilution of important information.

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week 3 ( Hacktoberfest )

🦥 SlothMesh: Energy-Paced Edge AI with Gemma 4 on Arduino UNO Q This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady .

• SlothMesh is an open-source edge AI prototype for wireless network monitoring and remediation.
• The system uses TinyML on Arduino UNO Q and Gemma 4 for AI layers.
• SlothMesh aims to reduce unnecessary computation and avoid external AI APIs.

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findbox: I built a tool that quietly organizes your digital mess while you sleep — 100% local, open-weight Gemma, zero cloud

🦥 findbox — Drop it in. Forget it. Find it by what you remember. Built for Hacktoberfest 2026 Week 3: Slow & Steady (International Sloth Day). Open-source, 100% local, zero cloud.

• Findbox organizes digital files locally overnight
• Uses Gemma 3 model via Ollama for privacy
• Offers neobrutalism web UI for easy access

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

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