This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine

What I Built

Abuela’s Recipe Cards is a candlelit ofrenda for one family recipe: Strawberry Pumpkin Patch Brownie Cake.

It’s a single, offline-first web page set in a pumpkin patch at night. Pumpkins glow like little lanterns along the bottom, strawberry vines creep up the edges where cobwebs would normally go, and marigold petals drift down the screen. Ingredients are laid out as offerings on the ofrenda, and the steps are a path through the patch. The recipe’s original wording is kept exactly as it was written.

The part that makes it more than a theme is the ghost guesses. Family recipes are full of instructions like “a pinch of cinnamon,” “a splash of milk,” and “bake until it looks right.” Those measurements lived in someone’s hands, not on the card. On my page, every vague phrase glows faintly.…