Cosmic Connection

*needs an API key in the API_KEY variable in the EmailDatasource class in src/back/datasource/

Inspiration

CS majors have a rep for being antisocial, but the truth is we are all hopeless romantics. When our code can't give us answers about the universe, and bugs feel too heavy to carry, we look to the sky for explanations. We wanted to create a safe space for dreaming. A place for all of our non-career aspirations to shine. In the vast universe, there's one constant that we have, and it's each other. Is your love written in the stars? Find out through Cosmic Connection!

What it does

Plug in you and your partner/crush/enemy-to-lover/friend's birthday, and find out your star signs. Then find out how compatible your signs are. Lastly, email an AI generated personalized love letter to your match made in heaven (perfect in time for Valentines Day!)

How we built it

We calculated the 78 combinations of star signs to find each compatibility. We used the Open-AI API to access the prompt-to-text model to generate a love letter personalized to the person, and emailed it to them using the javax.mail library. We built this project using java and OpenAI. We made our website using HTML, CSS, and React.

Challenges we ran into

All four of us are first time hackers so it was a challenging process navigating full stack development and working as a team in a short period of time to create a large project. All of us came into this project with very different skillsets so it was challenging but rewarding to puzzle together all of our abilities. As someone who had extremely limited front-end experience prior to this, I definitely wasn't the most helpful, and it wasn't the smoothest process ever. But we powered through it, especially with the help of our talented designer Audrey <3 It was also challenging figuring out how to use extensions of java we weren't familiar with, as well as connecting the backend to our website.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Figuring out how to use super cool java libraries and extensions to create more personalized user experiences! We enjoyed the process of learning so many new aspects of full-stack, and pushing our own knowledge to the limit.

What we learned

Our knowledge and understanding of APIs grew, as well as web development. It was also a learning process learning to bring our different backgrounds together for a product that we were all excited and passionate about.

What's next for Cosmic Connection

In the whimsical realm of Cosmic Connection, the mischievous stars are hosting a celestial party, ensuring that its user experience is getting an upgrade that even the constellations envy. Get ready for a user journey like shooting stars piercing through the night sky! New features and a potential app skirt the nearby galaxies.