{
  "id": 12058086,
  "title": "\"If it's not in front of me, it's gone\": I fine-tuned a 4B model for my friend with ADHD",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/if-its-not-in-front-of-me-its-gone-i-fine-tuned-a-4b-model-for-my",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-05T02:52:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/arqamwd/if-its-not-in-front-of-me-its-gone-i-fine-tuned-a-4b-model-for-my-friend-with-adhd-o4"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "My friend Zee has ADHD. When something he can't see disappears, and when something he locks onto consumes the whole day. To address this, I built Actually, a tool that transforms messy brain-dumps into tasks and predicts how long each one will take him. I trained a Qwen3.5-4B model on Tinker to convert brain-dumps into tasks, and TabPFN to estimate task durations based on Zee's historical data. The entire system runs on my laptop, and the whole build cost only $2.81.",
  "summary": "This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend TL;DR. My friend Zee has ADHD. I asked him what actually goes wrong, and he answered in two lines: things he can't see disappear, and the one thing he locks onto eats the whole day. So I built Actually . You brain-dump in your own messy words. A Qwen3.5-4B I fine-tuned on Tinker turns that into tasks, and TabPFN…",
  "key_points": [
    "Zee has ADHD, struggles with focus and time management",
    "Developed tool \"Actually\" to convert brain-dumps into tasks",
    "Trained Qwen3.5-4B model on Tinker, TabPFN for task duration prediction"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This custom tool helps the friend with ADHD manage tasks by turning chaotic thoughts into organised tasks with estimated completion times, giving him more control over his time.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}