The gluing maps on the moduli space of curves are integral to much of the enumerative geometry of curves. For example, Gromov-Witten invariants satisfy recursive relations with respect to the gluing maps. For log Gromov-Witten invariants, counting curves with tangency conditions, this fails at the very first step as logarithmic curves cannot be glued, by a simple tropical obstruction. I will describe a certain logarithmic enhancement of \(M_{g,n}\) from joint work with David Holmes that does admit gluing maps. With this enhancement, we can geometrically see a recursive structure appearing in log Gromov-Witten invariants. I will present how this leads to a pullback formula for the log double ramification cycle (roughly a log Gromov-Witten invariant of \(\mathbb{P}^1\)). Time permitting, I will sketch how this extends to general log Gromov-Witten invariants (joint work with Leo Herr and David Holmes). This story tropicalises by replacing log curves with tropical curves (metrised dual graphs) and algebraic geometry by polyhedral geometry. In this language both the logarithmic enhancement and the recursive structure admit a simpler formulation. I will keep this tropical story central throughout.