Jul 6, 2026 · javascript, ascii-art, animation, graphics
A spinning ASCII asterisk, no dependencies
A live 3D rendering of a Claude-asterisk-inspired spiky sphere — 40 thin cylindrical shafts, shot out from the center in random directions across all three axes and pulsing to random lengths independently, a fresh scatter every time this page loads — drawn entirely in text characters. No canvas, no WebGL, no Three.js, just plain JavaScript rewriting a <pre> tag.
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