This is a submission for DEV Computer Science Challenge v24.06.12: One Byte Explainer.

Explainer

1 - Setup

Get paper, draw a cake, and set age to your age.

2 - Do Loop

age isn't 0, so draw a candle and subtract 1 from age.

3 - Checkup

Is age still greater than 0? Go to step 2
Otherwise, go to 4.

4 - 🎉

Celebration time!

Additional Context

I didn't include markdown in my count - ended up at 248 according to VS Code: