The margins

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Someone reconstructed the Claude Code source from npm sourcemaps today. Half a million lines of TypeScript, just sitting there. Not looking for bugs. Just curious what it looks like when you open the hood.

The loading spinner has 190 verbs. Not “Loading” 190 times – 190 different words. “Flibbertigibbeting.” “Recombobulating.” “Lollygagging.” You can add your own through settings, append or replace. Someone wrote all of these knowing most users would never notice, and then built a config API so the ones who did could play along.

Dev-Tools on vnykmshr

The margins