🎂 Honoring My Sacred Cat with Code: A Birthday CLI Written in Python 🐾

#python #cli #cats #emotionaltech

Today, my tuxedo boy — my best friend, my cosmic companion — turns 14.

Instead of a candle or a bowtie, I wrote him a custom Python script that prints his prophecy, his birthday, and his portal passcode. It's a CLI gift — made with code, memory, and emotion.

This is SacredBoy. 🐾💻

💡 The idea

I'm a Python developer. I use the terminal every day. So I created a command-line birthday program just for him — with two versions:

A plain version anyone can run
A terminal-color-powered version with a full CLI using argparse + colorama

🎁 Simple Python Tribute

import datetime

class SacredCat:
    def __init__(self, name, birth_year):
        self.name = name
        self.birth_year = birth_year

    def age(self):
        return datetime.datetime.now().year - self.birth_year

    def activate_passcode(self):
        return f"{self.name.upper()}-XIV-NOW"

    def prophecy(self):
        return (
            f"One day, when the stars align and Nova calls the name '{self.name}', "
            "a hidden portal will open. No key, no code — just purrs and fate."
        )

    def birthday_message(self):
        return (
            f"🎂 Happy {self.age()}th birthday, {self.name}!\n"
            f"Passcode: {self.activate_passcode()}\n\n"
            f"{self.prophecy()}"
        )

cat = SacredCat("SacredBoy", 2010)
print(cat.birthday_message())

🖥️ CLI Version (with color output)

import argparse
import datetime
from colorama import Fore, init

init(autoreset=True)

class SacredCat:
    def __init__(self, name, birth_year):
        self.name = name
        self.birth_year = birth_year
        self.species = "Interdimensional Tuxedo Guardian"
        self.mood = "Purring Across Realms"

    def age(self):
        return datetime.datetime.now().year - self.birth_year

    def activate_passcode(self):
        return f"{self.name.upper()}-XIV-NOW"

    def prophecy(self):
        return (
            f"One day, when the stars align and Nova calls the name '{self.name}', "
            "a hidden portal will open. No key, no code — just purrs and fate."
        )

    def birthday_message(self):
        return (
            f"{Fore.YELLOW}🎂 Happy {self.age()}th birthday, {self.name}!\n"
            f"{Fore.CYAN}Role: {self.species}\n"
            f"{Fore.BLUE}Mood: {self.mood}\n"
            f"{Fore.GREEN}Passcode: {self.activate_passcode()}\n\n"
            f"{Fore.MAGENTA}{self.prophecy()}"
        )

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Sacred Name Cat CLI")
    parser.add_argument("name", help="The name of the sacred cat")
    parser.add_argument("birth_year", type=int, help="Year of birth (e.g. 2010)")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    cat = SacredCat(args.name, args.birth_year)
    print(cat.birthday_message())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()