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Show HN: My 13-year-old built an ant colony tracker

He's 13 years old. He wanted to track his own ant colonies — growth, feeding, humidity, and other metrics. He built the whole app himself with some help from AI tools; I just helped him deploy it to a server. Would love to hear your feedback! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato

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He's 13 years old. He wanted to track his own ant colonies — growth, feeding, humidity, and other metrics. He built the whole app himself with some help from AI tools; I just helped him deploy it to a server. Would love to hear your feedback! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48735446 Points: 12 # Comments: 4

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