Not related to this project but you might like this map from the ArdaCraft project https://www.micahvanderlugt.com/middle-earth-3d

Update: it looks like the live version of the algorithm is slightly different, probably changed because of these leaks. As such the app predictions aren't accurate, sorry

It is still Avcoat, that's just the name for the epoxy+silica 'honey.' But yeah they got rid of the honeycomb structure due to labour to manually fill the cells costing too much. Seems like kind of a dumb place to draw a line with the budget considering all the overruns it already has, means that now the Avcoat is being used in a design it wasn't originally meant for

If you want to be precise, sure. But most people don't make a distinction between AVCOAT 5026-39/HC-G and just AVCOAT 5026-39/HC and then AVCOAT 5026-39.

The key is that there's no honeycomb providing key structural support to the "honey."

The buddy feature the article mentions is planned for release tomorrow, as a sort of April Fools easter egg. It'll roll out gradually over the day for "sustained Twitter buzz" according to the source.

The pet you get is generated based off your account UUID, but the algorithm is right there in the source, and it's deterministic, so you can check ahead of time. Threw together a little app to help, not to brag but I got a legendary ghost https://claudebuddychecker.netlify.app/

Cute! Cactus for me. Nice animations too - looks like there were multiple of us asking Claude to reverse engineer the system. I did a slightly deeper dive here if you're interested, plus you can see all the options available: https://variety.is/posts/claude-code-buddies/

(I didn't think to include a UUID checker though - nice touch)

Neat! That's a great write up, cool to see others looking into it. I do wonder if they're going to do anything with the stats and shinies bit. Seems like the main piece of code for buddies that's going to handle hatching them tomorrow is still missing (comments mention a missing /buddy/index file), so maybe it'll use them there.

Update: it looks like the live version of the algorithm is slightly different, probably changed because of these leaks. As such the app predictions aren't accurate, sorry

This is awesome! Working on a desktop pet so the buddy caught my attention. Looking forward to making friends with my Rare Duck buddy tomorrow. Wish it was a snarky duck instead of a patient one though.

/buddy is live and I got a different result than in this app.

Huh weird, they must have changed the algorithm up due to the leaks. Would be pretty easy, there's a constant seed variable so they'd just need to change that, figured they might. Too bad, sorry this didn't work out

Ah yea, I got an uncommon dragon instead of the rare duck. Did you get your legendary?

Nope :| Still a ghost, but it's just common now, too bad

There's a bunch of unreleased features and update schedules in the source, cool to see.

One neat one is the /buddy feature, an easter egg planned for release tomorrow for April fools. It's a little virtual pet, sort of like Tamagotchi, randomly generated with 18 species, rarities, stats, hats, custom eyes.

The random generation algorithm is all in the code though, deterministic based on you account's UUID in your claude config, so it can be predicted. I threw together a little website here to let you check what your going to get ahead of time: https://claudebuddychecker.netlify.app/

Got a legendary ghost myself.

Congrats on the legendary, happy with my uncommon ghost, turned it into a holographic trading card via Gemini instead of ASCII.

The stats bars and rarity colors are all derived from the UUID roll.

Fun rabbit hole: https://github.com/dyz2102/buddy-card

Update: it looks like the live version of the algorithm is slightly different, probably changed because of these leaks. As such the app predictions aren't accurate, sorry

For those who don't know, Claude Code's source got leaked earlier today, and it included plans for an April Fools easter egg, a Tamagotchi-esque virtual buddy. There are 18 possible species, and a bunch of stats, accessories, and attributes, all determined algorithmically based on your account UUID. Since we know the algorithm we can check what the outcome will be ahead of time, and find out what your pet is ahead of tomorrow's release.

I threw this site together to do just that, walks you through finding your UUID and lets you check the pet generated for any arbitrary string.

In terms of security the site runs entirely locally in a single html file, and your account ID isn't a credential anyways, just a identifier, can't authenticate anything.

Don't mean to brag but I got a legendary ghost.

Mushroom. Since when is a mushroom a buddy?

Yeah that's one of the weirder ones There's also one just called 'chonk' (a fat cat I think) and a 'blob'

It is one of those, "we're not lined up for any of this. It's basically impossible." things Completely different orbits, would need a ton of extra fuel, not at all possible for Artemis (or any other mission for that matter)