Candlekeeper: An Offline Ofrenda Where an AI Only Remembers What You Keep Alive

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Candlekeeper</strong> is an offline ofrenda where an AI can only remember what you keep alive.</p> <p>In Día de los Muertos, the dead live on as long as someone remembers them. I turned that belief into the one rule the AI has to follow:</p> <ul> <li>Every story you write becomes a <strong>candle</strong> on an altar.</li> <li>A candle's strength fades over time (<code>exp(-days

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Candlekeeper</strong> is an offline ofrenda where an AI can only remember what you keep alive.</p> <p>In Día de los Muertos, the dead live on as long as someone remembers them. I turned that belief into the one rule the AI has to follow:</p> <ul> <li>Every story you write becomes a <strong>candle</strong> on an altar.</li> <li>A candle's strength fades over time (<code>exp(-days

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Candlekeeper</strong> is an offline ofrenda where an AI can only remember what you keep alive.</p> <p>In Día de los Muertos, the dead live on as long as someone remembers them. I turned that belief into the one rule the AI has to follow:</p> <ul> <li>Every story you write becomes a <strong>candle</strong> on an altar.</li> <li>A candle's strength fades over time (<code>exp(-days

Evidence

Candlekeeper: An Offline Ofrenda Where an AI Only Remembers What You Keep Alive

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