Faah Faah — Error Sounds & Roasts for VS Code
Your code has errors. You will be judged. Audibly.
Faah Faah plays the iconic faaah sound every time you write bad code — and it gets personal. It scales with how bad things are, tracks your daily damage, shows live sports scores while you suffer, and lets you rage quit in style.
Features
🔊 Error Sounds with Intensity
Sounds scale with how badly you've broken things:
| Error Count |
Volume |
Repeats |
Vibe |
| 1–4 errors |
60% |
1× |
Gentle disappointment |
| 5–9 errors |
80% |
2× |
Growing concern |
| 10+ errors |
100% |
3× rapid fire |
Full chaos |
6+ errors also triggers a red background flash on the editor.
🔔 Warning Sounds
A gentle chime plays when new warnings appear. A polite intervention.
🏆 Victory Sound
Fix all errors in all open tabs → victory sound plays + "You absolute legend!"
🚨 .env File Panic
.env file has errors? Forget the faaah — you get a siren and PANIC! ABORT ABORT!. As it should be.
😤 Roast Messages
Every faaah comes with a randomly chosen roast:
- Generic: "404: Brain not found", "The bugs are evolving. We can't stop them."
- Personalized with your git username: "Srishti broke the build. Classic."
- Late night mode (10 PM – 6 AM): "Yaar so ja, fresh mind = fewer errors."
💀 Code Destroyer Achievement
3+ consecutive error sprees without fixing anything:
"Achievement Unlocked: Code Destroyer! 3 consecutive error sprees"
🖥️ Terminal Build Sounds
Works with npm run build, tsc, webpack, cargo, gradle, make, and more:
- Build failed → faaah + roast message
- Build passed → victory sound + celebration message
📊 Daily Stats Panel
Click 🏳️ or run Fha Fha: View Today's Stats to open a stats panel showing:
- Errors Made — total new errors triggered today
- Errors Fixed — total errors you resolved
- Full Victories — how many times you hit 0 errors
- Faaahs Triggered — how many times the sound played
- Peak Error Hour — which hour you were most destructive
- Most Buggy Files — top 5 files ranked by error frequency
🏳️ Rage Quit
Click the 🏳️ button in the status bar to:
- Play a sad sound
- Copy your daily score to clipboard (share on Twitter/Slack)
- Open the Daily Stats Panel
🔇 Mute Toggle
Click $(mic) in the status bar to mute/unmute all sounds instantly.
🧘 Zen Mode
Want the roasts but not the noise?
- Sounds are muted — no faaah, no chime, no victory
- Notifications still appear — you'll see the error popups
- Click
🧘 in the status bar, or use Command Palette
Zen Mode vs Mute: Zen = silent but notified. Mute = total silence.
🔉 Volume Control
Adjust volume independently of system settings:
- Go to Settings (
Ctrl+,) → search fha fha volume
- Set
fhaFha.volume to any value from 0 to 100
🏆 Live Sports Scores
Track live match scores in the status bar — powered by the ESPN API, no API key needed.
- Supports cricket, football, basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey
- Click the 🏆 icon to pick your sports via a multi-select menu
- Get popup notifications when a goal/wicket/basket happens
- Auto-refreshes every 5 minutes (configurable)
🧠 Smart Noise Reduction
- No sounds while you're actively typing (2s cooldown)
- Max one sound trigger per 10 seconds
- No sounds when VS Code window is not focused
- 5-second silence after git branch switches
- Warning sounds limited to once per 30 seconds
Commands
Open via Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and type Fha Fha:
| Command |
Description |
Fha Fha: Rage Quit |
Play sad sound, copy daily score to clipboard, open stats panel |
Fha Fha: View Today's Stats |
Open the daily stats webview panel (errors, fixes, peak hour, buggy files) |
Fha Fha: Toggle Mute |
Mute or unmute all sounds completely |
Fha Fha: Toggle Zen Mode |
Mute sounds while keeping popup notifications active |
Fha Fha: Toggle Live Scores |
Turn live sports score updates on or off |
Fha Fha: Open Scores Menu |
Pick which sports to track via a multi-select dropdown |
Fha Fha: Check Scores Now |
Force-refresh live scores immediately |
Status Bar
| Icon |
What it does |
$(check) No errors / $(error) N errors |
Current error count. Background turns red when errors exist. |
| 🏳️ |
Rage Quit — sad sound + copy score + open stats panel |
$(mic) / $(mute) |
Toggle mute on/off |
| 🧘 / 🧘🔕 |
Toggle Zen Mode (🔕 = currently ON) |
| 🏆 Live |
Live scores — click to open sports selection menu |
Configuration
Open Settings (Ctrl+,) and search fhaFha:
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
fhaFha.enabled |
true |
Enable/disable Faah Faah completely |
fhaFha.volume |
100 |
Sound volume from 0 to 100 |
fhaFha.triggerMode |
onType |
onType: trigger on every diagnostic change | onSave: trigger only on file save |
fhaFha.debounceMs |
2000 |
Delay (ms) before sound triggers. Increase if sounds play mid-typing. |
fhaFha.zenMode |
false |
Sounds muted, notifications still show |
fhaFha.terminalSounds |
true |
Play sounds on terminal build success/failure |
fhaFha.errorSoundPath |
(built-in faaah) |
Custom .mp3 path for error sound |
fhaFha.warningSoundPath |
(built-in chime) |
Custom .mp3 path for warning sound |
fhaFha.victorySoundPath |
(built-in victory) |
Custom .mp3 path for victory sound |
fhaFha.sirenSoundPath |
(built-in siren) |
Custom .mp3 path for .env panic siren |
fhaFha.liveScores.enabled |
false |
Enable live sports score updates in the status bar |
fhaFha.liveScores.sports |
[] |
Sports to track (see supported list below) |
fhaFha.liveScores.pollIntervalMinutes |
5 |
How often to refresh scores (1–60 min) |
fhaFha.liveScores.showScoreChangePopup |
true |
Show popup when a score changes |
Supported Sports (Live Scores)
| Setting Value |
League |
cricket-ipl |
IPL |
cricket-t20 |
ICC T20 Internationals |
cricket-odi |
ICC ODI Internationals |
cricket-tests |
Test Cricket |
soccer-epl |
English Premier League |
soccer-ucl |
UEFA Champions League |
soccer-laliga |
La Liga |
soccer-bundesliga |
Bundesliga |
soccer-seriea |
Serie A |
basketball-nba |
NBA |
football-nfl |
NFL |
baseball-mlb |
MLB |
hockey-nhl |
NHL |
Installation
- Open VS Code
- Press
Ctrl+P and paste:
ext install fhafha-devss.fha-fha-extension
Or search Faah Faah in the Extensions panel (Ctrl+Shift+X).
Requirements
No setup required. Works out of the box on:
- Windows (PowerShell / MCI)
- macOS (afplay)
- Linux (paplay)
Faah Faah detects code diagnostics from the Problems panel (Ctrl+Shift+M), not terminal output. Works with any language that has a VS Code language server: TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust, etc.
Linux Audio (if sound doesn't play)
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils # PulseAudio (paplay)
sudo apt-get install alsa-utils # ALSA (aplay)
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg # FFmpeg (ffplay)
Troubleshooting
Sound not playing?
- Check system volume is not muted
- Use
Fha Fha: Toggle Mute to make sure extension is unmuted
- Check that Zen Mode is not ON (
🧘🔕 in status bar) — click it to disable
- Linux: ensure an audio player is installed (see Requirements above)
Sound playing too early (mid-typing)?
- Increase
fhaFha.debounceMs to 4000 or 5000
- Or switch
fhaFha.triggerMode to onSave — sounds only trigger on Ctrl+S
Sound too loud or too quiet?
- Open Settings (
Ctrl+,), search fha fha volume, and adjust fhaFha.volume (0–100)
Want a different sound?
- Set a custom
.mp3 path in fhaFha.errorSoundPath (or the other sound path settings)
Live scores not showing?
- Enable
fhaFha.liveScores.enabled in Settings
- Add at least one sport to
fhaFha.liveScores.sports
Stats panel showing zeros?
- Stats reset daily — errors/fixes are tracked from the moment the extension is active
- If you just installed, trigger some errors first!
Known Issues
.env panic mode triggers only if the .env file is open in the editor- Late night mode is based on local system time (10 PM – 6 AM)
Release Notes
0.0.7
- Daily Stats Panel —
Fha Fha: View Today's Stats opens a webview with errors, fixes, victories, peak error hour, and most buggy files
- Rage Quit now opens the stats panel automatically in addition to copying score to clipboard
- Error intensity — volume and repeat count now scale with error severity (60% / 80% / 100%)
0.0.6
- Zen Mode — mute sounds while keeping notifications active (click
🧘 in status bar)
- Volume control — adjust sound volume (0–100) via
fhaFha.volume setting
0.0.5
- Smart noise reduction: typing cooldown (2s), sound cooldown (10s), window focus check
- Branch checkout guard — 5s silence after git branch switch
triggerMode setting: choose between onType and onSave- Terminal build sounds — faaah on failed builds, victory on success
- Warning sounds limited to once per 30 seconds
- Live Scores — sports score updates in status bar (Cricket, Soccer, NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL)
0.0.4
- Updated README with full documentation
0.0.3
- Improved setting descriptions
- Increased default debounce to 1500ms
0.0.2
0.0.1
- Initial release — errors will be heard.
