Deadline Buddy — The Open-Source Scholarship Compass That Explains Every Match (Built for a Friend)

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <h3> The Story: Building for a Friend Under a Mountain of PDFs </h3> <p>My close friend is a 3rd-year Computer Science undergraduate at NIT Karnataka, Surathkal in India. Like thousands of ambitious students around the world, their dream is to pursue a Master's degree abroad in AI and Distributed Systems.</p> <p>A few weeks ago, I watched them spend an entire weekend buried under a mountain of open brow

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <h3> The Story: Building for a Friend Under a Mountain of PDFs </h3> <p>My close friend is a 3rd-year Computer Science undergraduate at NIT Karnataka, Surathkal in India. Like thousands of ambitious students around the world, their dream is to pursue a Master's degree abroad in AI and Distributed Systems.</p> <p>A few weeks ago, I watched them spend an entire weekend buried under a mountain of open brow

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <h3> The Story: Building for a Friend Under a Mountain of PDFs </h3> <p>My close friend is a 3rd-year Computer Science undergraduate at NIT Karnataka, Surathkal in India. Like thousands of ambitious students around the world, their dream is to pursue a Master's degree abroad in AI and Distributed Systems.</p> <p>A few weeks ago, I watched them spend an entire weekend buried under a mountain of open brow

Evidence

Deadline Buddy — The Open-Source Scholarship Compass That Explains Every Match (Built for a Friend)

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