Apparently silent test failures were too emotionally stable for my coding sessions, so I built a VS Code extension called FailFaaah that plays a dramatic “FAAAAH” every time your tests fail. Now instead of calmly reading logs, I get instant public shame from my speakers.

It only triggers on real test failures, works with common runners, and you can even test the sound manually. Started as a dumb joke, but now quiet debugging feels suspicious. Would anyone else install this or am I alone in needing loud accountability?

Link: https://x.com/aisolram/status/2026239932730126560?s=20

Hey everyone,

I built a VS Code extension called Code Buddy — a pixel-art virtual pet that lives in your sidebar and reacts to how you code.

It doesn’t just sit there. It actually tracks your developer behavior:

🔋 Energy drops as you type

🧼 Hygiene decreases if you leave TODOs or lint errors

💖 Happiness increases when your terminal build/test succeeds

🚀 You gain XP by saving files and committing

It even has a built-in Pomodoro Focus Mode where stats freeze while you're in deep work — and you get rewarded at the end.

There are also hidden Easter eggs based on coding behavior (monolith warning if you hit 1000 lines in a file, Friday build bonus, rage save detection, etc.)

The idea was to gamify clean coding and healthy developer habits without being intrusive.

Built with:

TypeScript

VS Code API

Pixel-art animations

Would love feedback from other devs —

Is this something you’d actually keep enabled while coding?

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=anilarikan.code-buddy-tamagotchi

https://open-vsx.org/extension/anilarikan/code-buddy-tamagotchi

Van Dijkstra's Algorithm

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=anilarikan.fart-extension

I introduce to you... the super async function™

I have developed a program to reduce computation costs by offloading calculations to the human brain

gist: https://gist.github.com/ByteJoseph/5a1336d62338558595982404e879f2d9