This is a submission for the DEV April Fools Challenge
š Golf 2 AI Assistantā¢
The first AI that thinks like a Balkan driver
What I Built
While the world is busy building AI for self-driving cars, I asked a more important question:
What if AI behaved like someone who refuses to sell their Volkswagen Golf Mk2?
So I built Golf 2 AI Assistant⢠ā a completely useless (but highly accurate) AI that:
- ignores real data
- gives confident but questionable advice
- and always knows āa better wayā
This is not artificial intelligence.
This is artificial Balkan intelligence.
Demo
š¬ Imagine this scenario:
You:
āNavigate to city centerā
AI:
āMa znam ja bolji put.ā
What happens next:
- You go through 3 random villages
- You stop for coffee you didnāt plan
- You question your life decisions
You arrive 30 minutes late.
AI:
āEto vidiÅ”, stigli smo.ā
Code
function navigate(destination) {
console.log("Ma znam ja bolji put.");
const route = Math.random() > 0.5
? "preÄica"
: "duži ali sigurniji put (nije)";
if (route === "preÄica") {
delay(30); // minutes
stopAt("kafana");
}
return "Stigli smo nekako.";
}
function detectProblem(issue) {
return "Ma nije to niŔta.";
}
function fuelCheck(level) {
if (level > 0) return "Ima joÅ”, ne brini.";
return "Kako sad 0?!";
}
How I Built It
Tech stack:
TrustMeBro.jsLocalKnowledge v1986-
console.log()for all outputs - Zero APIs, zero validation
Training data:
- Balkan forums
- YouTube comments
- Unverified advice from relatives
Model accuracy: ā
Model confidence: ā
100%
Features
š§ Äale Mode
- Ignores GPS
- Uses landmarks like ākod stare pumpeā
š¬ Kafana Mode
- Suggests coffee every 5 minutes
- Navigation becomes emotional
š§¢ Majstor Mode
āMa može joÅ”.ā
- All problems are temporary
- Nothing is urgent
- Everything lasts ājoÅ” 10 godinaā
š Police Detection
Powered by instinct:
āOvdje uvijek stoje.ā
(They donāt.)
šŖ Smart Parkingā¢
Reserves parking using a virtual chair
Prize Category
Community Favorite
Because:
- If youāre from the Balkans, this is not satire ā itās documentation
- If youāre not, this is a cultural experience
Also, this project is spiritually aligned with Top lista nadrealista:
slightly absurd, deeply accurate, and completely unnecessary.
Final Thoughts
We donāt need smarter AI.
We need AI that:
- insists itās right
- refuses better solutions
- and somehow still gets the job done
If this gets enough love, Iāll ship:
- Veza Mode⢠(skip traffic via āconnectionsā)
- Remote Majstor API⢠(āudari malo tu i radiÄeā)
Built with ā¤ļø, stubbornness, and zero documentation.

Top comments (10)
Hahaha brilliant
Thanks @javz . Humor is the best drug! š
Thanks Julien!š
TrustMeBro.js and LocalKnowledge v1986 as the tech stack is a perfect summary of a specific kind of expertise. The fuelCheck function ā 'Kako sad 0?!' ā has the exact energy of someone who has personally run out of gas and was still surprised. 'Artificial Balkan intelligence' is the best category name I've seen for a side project. The Smart Parking via virtual chair is genuinely how this works in practice.
Hahaha fair enough š
Alright, more normal:
Man, you described it too accurately. TrustMeBro.js isnāt even a joke at this point, thatās literally how half the decisions get made. And that āKako sad 0?!ā line⦠yeah, that comes from real trauma, not coding.
Also glad someone called out the chair parking thing ā people who know, know. Thatās probably the most reliable feature in the whole āsystemā.
And yeah, āArtificial Balkan intelligenceā just felt right. High confidence, questionable decisions, somehow still works.
Appreciate the comment š
The tech stack alone ā TrustMeBro.js and LocalKnowledge v1986 ā is better documentation than most real projects I've encountered. But the Smart Parking feature reserving a spot with a virtual chair is the part that broke me. That's not a parody of Balkan culture, that IS Balkan culture. Model accuracy: X. Model confidence: 100%. That ratio describes approximately every senior developer I have ever worked with.
"Hahahaha bro, this is pure gold šš
Finally someone built the AI we actually need in the Balkans. Not the one that drives safely, but the one that says āma znam ja bolji putā and takes you through 3 villages + 2 kafanas.
My favorite parts:
āMa nije to niÅ”ta.ā ā literally every Balkan mechanic ever
Smart Parking⢠using a virtual chair
Police Detection powered by instinct
This isnāt an AI assistant. This is digital Äale.
Question for you:
Will you add āVeza Modeā where it calls its cousin who works at the municipality to remove the traffic jam? š
Absolute legend. Taking my Golf 2 out for a spin just to test this. š„"
Hahaha this killed me š
You got it exactly ā not the AI we should have, but 100% the one we already live with. If it doesnāt send you through 3 villages and at least one āquick coffeeā, itās not realistic.
āMa nije to niÅ”taā is basically the core algorithm, everything else is just features on top.
And yeah⦠digital Äale is probably the most accurate description so far š
As for Veza Mode ā honestly that might be the most overpowered feature. One call and suddenly the road is āsomehowā clear. Might have to ship that in the next update.
Respect for taking the Golf 2 out for testing ā thatās the official hardware anyway š„
This is not AI, this is documentation of my uncle.
This is an amazing user case! Thank you for sharing this with us David!