
My first open source code
Have you ever tried to build a Language Model from scratch, only to get stuck at the very first step: gathering your own data? That’s exactly what happened to me recently. I wanted to extract messages from my Discord DMs to build a custom dataset for a new LM I'm developing. I started looking for tools to help me scrape and export my own conversations. To my surprise, almost every tool out there that actually works is hidden behind a paywall. As developers, we know that if a tool doesn't exist (or isn't free), we just build it ourselves. So, I decided to fix the problem. Enter Discord_Exporter 🚀 I built my own completely free and open-source tool to export Discord messages. No subscriptions, no hidden fees, just code. Link to the repository: https://github.com/PapLion/Discord_Exporter Why am I sharing this? This is officially my first open-source project. I realized that if I had this problem while trying to build my datasets, other developers and AI enthusiasts are probably facing the
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