68 Minutes

8:13am — The Problem

We just built championship-grade ASCII art for FAF CLI to celebrate Sonnet 4.5 hitting 100% AI readiness. Full ANSI colors. Cyan-to-orange gradient. Looks stunning in your terminal with faf version.

But there's a catch: Claude Code auto-collapses it. Users have to hit Ctrl+O to expand and see the banner. We wanted people to see our art without hunting for it. Solution? Put it on the NPM page where it can't be hidden.

v2.4.16: First attempt - ASCII art broken in NPM's markdown renderer.

8:13am-8:48am — The Solution

Simple: Screenshot the beautiful terminal output. Host it on GitHub. Reference it in the README.

The trick? GitHub raw URLs for images. NPM can fetch and display them. Perfect workaround.

v2.4.17: Wrong URL = 404. Getting warmer.

8:48am-9:21am — The Polish

Fixed the URL. Cropped 4 pixels of noise from the edge. Published.

![FAF Championship Banner](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Wolfe-Jam/faf/main/cli/faf-banner.png)

> **💎 See it live in your terminal:** `faf version`

68 minutes from ASCII chaos to technicolor perfection.

9:21am — Victory

v2.4.21: Championship-grade technicolor banner. Cyan-to-orange gradient. Perfect.

68 minutes from disaster to triumph. From monochrome mess to full-color glory.

And yes, 68 is my birth year (1968) and my favorite number.
The universe has a sense of humor. 🍊✨

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