I Built an AI Pet Therapy Companion in Python — Here's What I Learned About Huma

<p>Ever had a bad week and thought, <em>"I just need to hug a dog right now"</em>?</p> <p>You're not alone. Science agrees. And I built something about it.</p> <p>This post is

<h1> I Built an AI That Detects Pet Stress From Photos — Here's the Stack </h1> <p>Everyone's building AI for humans. I thought: <em>what about dogs?</em></p> <p>My dog Biscuit

<p>My dog Biscuit has three moods: hungry, suspicious, and vibing. At least, that's what I thought until I started logging his behavior and running it through a classifier. What I

<p><em>This is a submission for <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/weekend-2026-08-13">Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Over 70% of dogs

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If you’re thinking about getting an AI companion, you’d do well to read this first.</p> <p>TL;DR: 65 year old married software developer gets

<p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> I built the same browser agent twice — once with 500 lines of Python, once with 7 lines of JSON. The second one took 5 minutes. The agent harness layer

<blockquote> <p>PDF OCR, semantic mind maps, RAG search, and a hierarchical tag system — all generated through conversations with an AI app builder.</p> </blockquote> <p>I want to