One file a night: a folder tidier for a 942 MB computer

Description and use

A lightweight Python script on a Raspberry Pi 2 moves one proven junk file nightly into a trash folder, using an open‑weight LLM for description and deterministic rules for decision.

Problem

Users face daily dread when opening cluttered folders and postpone cleanup.

Outcome

Over four nights, the tool moved three junk files (duplicate, empty, .tmp) and left a useful file untouched, achieving 0 human attention and 0 time spent on cleanup.

Workflow

• Scan folder for oldest unprocessed file
• Read file name and first line
• Query LLM for description of file
• Apply deterministic rules to classify as junk or keep
• If junk, move file to .slow‑sorter‑trash
• Log action and time
• Repeat nightly

Evidence

slow-sorter is a folder tidier that moves exactly one file per night into a trash folder.

Source

It runs on a Raspberry Pi 2 from 2015: 900 MHz, four cores, 942 MB of RAM, no Wi‑Fi.

Source

The part that matters is thirty lines: def why_disposable(path, root): ...

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