--- title: "Animating ASCII in the terminal with React and Ink" publication: "React Status" issue: 460 published_at: "2026-01-30" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/460" --- Plus more RSC security fixes, React Compiler speed wins, Expo SDK 55 beta, and a neat avatar generator component. | #​460 — January 30, 2026 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/460) Together with [![Tiger Data logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_1280,h_282/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:30/px1u7kjyvz7xnbm6ytir.png)](https://www.tigerdata.com/timescaledb?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=react-status-newsletter) React Status [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/juzne3v6na47fzllwf5n.jpg)](https://github.blog/engineering/from-pixels-to-characters-the-engineering-behind-github-copilot-clis-animated-ascii-banner/) [The Engineering Behind GitHub Copilot CLI’s Animated ASCII Banner](https://github.blog/engineering/from-pixels-to-characters-the-engineering-behind-github-copilot-clis-animated-ascii-banner/) — GitHub’s [Copilot CLI](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli) tool is built, like many terminal-based coding agents, around [Ink](https://github.com/vadimdemedes/ink), a React-powered TUI renderer. 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The final stable release isn't expected until Q3 2026. - Meta's [StyleX](https://stylexjs.com/) CSS-in-JS library is celebrating the new year [with a new web site](https://stylexjs.com/blog/a-new-year-2026) featuring [a new playground](https://stylexjs.com/playground) too. - ["After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand."](https://atmoio.substack.com/p/after-two-years-of-vibecoding-im) - 🎨 [A web-based tool for crafting SVGs.](https://yqnn.github.io/svg-path-editor/) Curated by Peter Cooper and Terence C. Gannon. A **[Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/)** publication. [Change your email address](https://react.statuscode.com/edit_subscription/*|UID|*) or[Stop getting this newsletter](https://react.statuscode.com/leave/*|UID|*) © Cooper Press Ltd · Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, United Kingdom