Mill: Local-First AI Ops & Sous-Chef for Meal Prep Side Hustlers

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built <strong>Mill — Local-First AI Ops & Sous-Chef for Meal Prep Side Hustlers</strong>.</p> <p>Selling prepared meals (fitness preps, weekly family bowls, keto packages) is one of the most popular side hustles today. But behind every aesthetic meal container is operational chaos:</p> <ol> <li> <strong>Uncontrolled ingredient shrinkage</strong>: Buying food at retail, mismeasuring batch p

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built <strong>Mill — Local-First AI Ops & Sous-Chef for Meal Prep Side Hustlers</strong>.</p> <p>Selling prepared meals (fitness preps, weekly family bowls, keto packages) is one of the most popular side hustles today. But behind every aesthetic meal container is operational chaos:</p> <ol> <li> <strong>Uncontrolled ingredient shrinkage</strong>: Buying food at retail, mismeasuring batch p

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built <strong>Mill — Local-First AI Ops & Sous-Chef for Meal Prep Side Hustlers</strong>.</p> <p>Selling prepared meals (fitness preps, weekly family bowls, keto packages) is one of the most popular side hustles today. But behind every aesthetic meal container is operational chaos:</p> <ol> <li> <strong>Uncontrolled ingredient shrinkage</strong>: Buying food at retail, mismeasuring batch p

Evidence

Mill: Local-First AI Ops & Sous-Chef for Meal Prep Side Hustlers

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