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Jacaranda Scout: plan a walk through this week's purple streets, then put the phone away

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built Every October, Johannesburg and Pretoria turn purple. The jacarandas bloom for a few weeks, and one hard storm can strip them. It's the best reason all year to walk your own suburb, if you know whic…

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  1. 2026-10-11 13:34 · DEV Community — AI
    Jacaranda Scout: plan a walk through this week's purple streets, then put the phone away

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