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13 Weeks before College, 13 Projects: My Summer Build Log

A recent high school graduate has committed to building and shipping one project per week during the 13 weeks before college starts. The student plans to leverage AI tools to make the building process easier and will document each project in a weekly blog to maintain accountability. The first project update is scheduled to be published the following week.

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Hey DEV, I just graduated high school last Friday, and I have 13 weeks before college starts. Instead of spending the summer doing nothing, I'm challenging myself to build and ship one project every week. In the age of AI, it's easier to build than ever before, and I want to take advantage of that. So I'll be blogging about each project here to keep myself accountable and make sure I actually follow through with my goal. Week 1 post coming up next week!

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