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Parchi: WhatsApp orders to bills for kirana stores, with Gemma 4 on the shop's own laptop

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle What I Built Neighbourhood kirana shops in Pune get messages like this on WhatsApp all evening: bhaiya 2 kilo atta, 1 amul butter chhota, 6 ande, ek maggi, aur paneer bhi The shopkeeper reads it, writes a parchi…

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  1. 2026-10-14 21:10 · DEV Community — AI
    Parchi: WhatsApp orders to bills for kirana stores, with Gemma 4 on the shop's own laptop

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