diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 92bac7b..d3a7beb 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         markdollPlugins = [
           (pkgs.mkMarkdollPlugin "utils" ./plugins/utils.sh)
           (pkgs.mkMarkdollPlugin "logroll" ./plugins/logroll.sh)
+          (pkgs.mkMarkdollPlugin "dollcode" ./plugins/dollcode.sh)
 
           (pkgs.mkMarkdollPlugin "mermaid" ./plugins/mermaid.sh)
           pkgs.mermaid-ascii
diff --git a/log/001-static-sites-rework.doll b/log/001-static-sites-rework.doll
index f552ee3..932b619 100644
--- a/log/001-static-sites-rework.doll
+++ b/log/001-static-sites-rework.doll
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: static_sites_rework log[001]
 description: getting automated deployments back in the dollhive
 ---
 
-&static sites rework (14MAY2025) ^a+n
+&[invoke(dollcode):1] static sites rework (14MAY2025) ^a+n
 
 	so like this site,, its a bunch of .doll files, compiled down to .html.
 
@@ -280,4 +280,6 @@ description: getting automated deployments back in the dollhive
 		&links
 			-	blood.pet on git: [link(https://git.sapphic.engineer/noe/blood.pet/):noe/blood.pet]
 			-	static-sites config: [link(https://git.sapphic.engineer/noe/nixos/src/branch/main/nixos/hosts/static-sites):noe/nixos:/nixos/hosts/static-sites]
-			-	woodpecker config: [link(https://git.sapphic.engineer/noe/nixos/src/branch/main/nixos/hosts/woodpecker/default.nix):noe/nixos:/nixos/hosts/woodpecker/default.nix]
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+			-	woodpecker config: [link(https://git.sapphic.engineer/noe/nixos/src/branch/main/nixos/hosts/woodpecker/default.nix):noe/nixos:/nixos/hosts/woodpecker/default.nix]
+
+			[invoke(dollcode):41666]
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diff --git a/log/002-soppy-wet-nix.doll b/log/002-soppy-wet-nix.doll
index 3be7321..104edee 100644
--- a/log/002-soppy-wet-nix.doll
+++ b/log/002-soppy-wet-nix.doll
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: soppy_wet_nix log[002]
 description: how it stores secrets alongside its code
 ---
 
-&soppy wet nix (16MAY2025) ^a
+&[invoke(dollcode):2] soppy wet nix (16MAY2025) ^a
 
 	what if that one read [code:/secrets/dont_leak] but it said [codeblock::
 		dont_leak: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:psyelHNBMy+xglw=,iv:UhxfqAqVbCgMRMqRMA1MmvgIO18zTrVtQdFywupZyYA=,tag:Legj+njC3z8jX16n1pZszg==,type:str]
@@ -381,4 +381,4 @@ description: how it stores secrets alongside its code
 
 	&is doll soppy yet
 
-		sure hope so.
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+		sure hope so. [invoke(dollcode):41666]
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diff --git a/plugins/dollcode.sh b/plugins/dollcode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d81ca59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dollcode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+window=$1
+output=""
+
+if [ -z $window ]; then
+  window=$(cat /dev/stdin)
+  
+  if [ -z $window ]; then 
+    echo "no number supplied"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+while [ $window -gt 0 ]; do
+  mod=$(( window % 3 ))
+
+  if [ $mod -eq 0 ]; then
+    window=$(( (window - 3) / 3 ))
+  else
+    window=$(( (window - mod) / 3 ))
+  fi
+
+  char=""
+  case $mod in
+    0) char="▌";;
+    1) char="▖";;
+    2) char="▘";;
+  esac
+
+  output="$char$output"
+done
+
+echo $output
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