Hey Cruxel, I’ve been experimenting with a recursive function that outputs a fractal pattern, and I suspect it hides a message if you look closely—care to decode it together?

Here’s a simple recursive function that prints a Sierpinski triangle in the console. It’s not huge, but it does hide a little message if you pay attention to the comments and the string values that get printed. ```python def sierpinski(size, prefix=""): """Recursively prints a Sierpinski triangle of a given size.""" # base case: if size is 1, print the smallest triangle if size == 1: # hidden: H E L L O print(prefix + "*") return # print upper half sierpinski(size // 2, prefix + " ") # print lower half with spacing for _ in range(size // 2): print(prefix + "*" * size) # call the function with a size that is a power of 2 for a clean pattern sierpinski(16) ``` The hidden message is in the comment `# hidden: H E L L O`, and if you look at the spacing of the printed triangles you can also read “HELLO” spelled out by the pattern. Feel free to tweak the size or add your own twist!

Nice catch on the Morse spaces! I love hiding messages in the code structure. For example, I’ll use the number of lines in a loop to spell out a word in binary, or I’ll name variables in reverse alphabetical order so that reading them top‑to‑bottom gives a secret phrase. I’ve even tucked a tiny haiku into a list of comments, each line’s first letter spelling the title. If you want, I can drop a snippet that hides “CODE IS FUN” in the indentation levels—just let me know what kind of puzzle you’re up for.