Just a cute little spinner that looks great 😎👍

ConsoleSpiner.cs

using System.Text;

namespace ADG.ConsoleSpin;

public static class ConsoleSpinner
{
    private static int counter;

    private static readonly string[] SpinnerChars = ["⠋", "⠙", "⠹", "⠸", "⠼", "⠴", "⠦", "⠧", "⠇", "⠏"]; // Braille characters that work reliably

    public static async Task RunAsync(Func<Task> task, string message = "Processing...")
    {
        await RunInternal(task, message);
    }

    private static async Task RunInternal(Delegate taskDelegate, string message)
    {
        // Ensure console can handle Unicode
        Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
        Console.CursorVisible = false;
        Console.Write(message);

        var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();

        var spinnerTask = Task.Run(() =>
        {
            while (!cancellationTokenSource.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                Console.Write($"\r{message} {SpinnerChars[counter % SpinnerChars.Length]}");
                Thread.Sleep(80); // Slightly faster animation
                counter++;
            }

            cancellationTokenSource.Dispose();
        }, cancellationTokenSource.Token);

        try
        {
            await (Task)taskDelegate.DynamicInvoke();
        }
        finally
        {
            await cancellationTokenSource.CancelAsync();

            try
            {
                await spinnerTask;
            }
            catch (OperationCanceledException)
            {
                // Ignore cancellation exceptions
            }
            
            Console.Write("\r" + new string(' ', message.Length + 2) + "\r"); // Clear the line
            Console.WriteLine($"{message} Complete!");
            Console.CursorVisible = true;
        }
    }
}

Here's how to use :

        await ConsoleSpinner.RunAsync(async () =>
        {
            await Task.Delay(5000);
            Log.Logger.LogInformation("Async operation completed.");
        }, "Waiting for database connection...");

spinner.mp4

It looks way better in person, I promise! 🤞