✦ Conference

A hub for two missions — teach anyone to build with free AI, and help organizations modernize for free.

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🗺️ What This Is

conference/
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├── 🎓 Goal 1 — Educational Platform
│   Teach kids, teens & adults to build real projects using free AI tools.
│   No paid APIs. No experience needed.
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└── 🤝 Goal 2 — Volunteer Platform  (in development)
    Connect volunteers with schools & nonprofits that need
    low-cost database migration using agentic AI.

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🌐 Live Sites

Site	URL	Status
🎓 Learn Guide	learn-guide.vercel.app	✅ Live
📄 Portfolio Basic	portfolio-basic-woad.vercel.app	✅ Live
🤖 Portfolio AI	portfolio-ai-liart-seven.vercel.app	✅ Live
🎮 Game Template	game-template-mocha.vercel.app	✅ Live
💬 Chatbot Template	chatbot-template-alpha.vercel.app	✅ Live

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📦 Repositories

Repo	Description	Link
conference-learn-guide	Learn Guide website — kids & adults learning tracks, tutorials, AI setup	→ GitHub
conference-portfolio-builder	All templates + tutorials in one monorepo, each auto-deployed to Vercel	→ GitHub
conference-volunteer-platform	Volunteer ↔ org matching platform (in development)	→ GitHub

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🎓 Goal 1 — Educational Platform

Teach anyone to build real projects from scratch using only free tools.

Free Templates — Download & Go

All templates are single HTML files. No install, no framework, no account needed.

Template	Best For	Live Demo
📄 Portfolio Basic	First portfolio, clean & simple	Try it →
🤖 Portfolio AI	Portfolio + AI chat assistant	Try it →
🎮 Game Template	Simple 2D browser game starter	Try it →
💬 Chatbot	AI chatbot base to customize	Try it →

Learning Tracks

→ Start at learn-guide.vercel.app

Track	For	What You Build
🧒 Kids (Ages 10–14)	Total beginners	First game, first portfolio
👤 Adults (Ages 15+)	Career changers, learners	Professional portfolio, chatbot

Install Ollama (free)  →  Try Claude Code (free)  →  Pick a Template  →  Ship It 🚀

Tools We Use (All Free)

Tool	Purpose	Cost
Ollama	Run AI models locally	$0
Claude Code	AI coding assistant	$0
Astro	Static site framework	$0
Vercel	Hosting + auto-deploy	$0

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🤝 Goal 2 — Volunteer Platform (in development)

Connect skilled volunteers with schools and nonprofits that need database modernization — no expensive APIs, everything runs locally with Ollama.

Organization           Volunteer            AI (Ollama)
      │                    │                     │
      │── Submit Needs ──→ │                     │
      │← AI Assessment ────│←── Analyzes ───────│
      │── Data Upload ────→│                     │
      │                    │←── Migration Help ──│
      │←── Done! ──────────│                     │

Who we help: schools, nonprofits, community centers, small businesses with legacy Excel/Access databases.

Repo: conference-volunteer-platform

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💰 Cost: $0

Component	Traditional Cost	Our Solution
AI / LLM API	$100–1,000/mo	Ollama — free, local
Coding assistant	$20/mo	Claude Code — free
Hosting	$20/mo	Vercel — free tier
Database	$50/mo	SQLite — free
Total	$170+/mo	$0 forever

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🗂️ Full Project Structure

conference/                              ← You are here (hub)
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├── 📁 portfolio-builder/               ← Goal 1: templates & tutorials
│   └── templates/
│       ├── portfolio-basic/            →  portfolio-basic-woad.vercel.app
│       ├── portfolio-ai/               →  portfolio-ai-liart-seven.vercel.app
│       ├── game-template/              →  game-template-mocha.vercel.app
│       └── chatbot-template/           →  chatbot-template-alpha.vercel.app
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├── 📁 learn-guide/                     ← Tutorial website
│   └── src/pages/
│       ├── kids/                       →  /kids
│       ├── adults/                     →  /adults
│       ├── templates.astro             →  /templates
│       └── ai-setup.astro              →  /ai-setup
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└── 📁 ai-volunteer-platform/           ← Goal 2: volunteer matching
    └── src/
        ├── agents/                     ← AI migration agents
        ├── connectors/                 ← Legacy DB readers (Excel, CSV, Access)
        └── dashboard/                  ← Volunteer management

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🚀 Development Phases

Phase	What	Status
1 — Foundation	Project setup, tool integration	✅ Done
2 — Templates	4 templates + learn guide site	✅ Done
3 — Educational Platform	Kids + adult tracks, tutorials	🔄 In Progress
4 — Volunteer Platform	AI agents, matching system	📋 Planned
5 — Launch	Recruit volunteers, onboard orgs	📋 Planned

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🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the relevant sub-repo
2. Create a feature branch
3. Submit a pull request

No experience needed — we welcome all skill levels!

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📄 License

MIT — Use anything here however you like.

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