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AFK Engine: What If an App's Success Meant You Spent Less Time Using It?

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This is my submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Week 1 — Touch Grass. The idea is simple: use AI to give people a reason to leave their screens and do something meaningful in the real world. What I Built I built AFK Engine — Level Up in the Real World, an AI-powered applicatio…

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  1. 2026-10-12 00:12 · DEV Community — AI
    AFK Engine: What If an App's Success Meant You Spent Less Time Using It?

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