Touch Grass: a 30-second outdoor planner that runs Gemma 2 inside your browser

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Most apps that promise to get you outside still want you to keep looking at them. Step counters, route apps, nature feeds: they all count on your attention.</p> <p>I wanted the opposite. <strong>Touch Grass</strong> is a one-screen planner that tries to be the shortest part of your day outside.</p> <p>You tell it four things:</p> <ul> <li>where you are (it defaults to Chennai, where I live)</li>

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Most apps that promise to get you outside still want you to keep looking at them. Step counters, route apps, nature feeds: they all count on your attention.</p> <p>I wanted the opposite. <strong>Touch Grass</strong> is a one-screen planner that tries to be the shortest part of your day outside.</p> <p>You tell it four things:</p> <ul> <li>where you are (it defaults to Chennai, where I live)</li>

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Most apps that promise to get you outside still want you to keep looking at them. Step counters, route apps, nature feeds: they all count on your attention.</p> <p>I wanted the opposite. <strong>Touch Grass</strong> is a one-screen planner that tries to be the shortest part of your day outside.</p> <p>You tell it four things:</p> <ul> <li>where you are (it defaults to Chennai, where I live)</li>

Evidence

Touch Grass: a 30-second outdoor planner that runs Gemma 2 inside your browser

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