My Homepage Has a Pulse

(snehankekre.com)

18 points | by punk_ihaq a day ago ago

15 comments

  • kn100 a day ago ago

    Heh, my personal blog has exactly the same thing for a while. I always wondered if I died would a reader know before anybody IRL would?

    • punk_ihaq a day ago ago

      > I always wondered if I died would a reader know before anybody IRL would?

      I just started thinking about that yesterday, but I don't have many readers yet. My wife would definitely notice, though!

      > my personal blog has exactly the same thing for a while

      Woo, I'm not alone :) How did you go about implementing it? Was it live in real-time or delayed by a day like mine, and why did you decide to eventually remove it?

  • darknavi a day ago ago

    A fun idea. I've been playing with all sorts of ideas for static websites and trying to figure out ways to make them feel more "live".

    I was wondering about the heartbeat updates and replaying the data in "real-time" the next day is a really nice touch and allows a single deployment a day.

    • punk_ihaq a day ago ago

      Thanks! Curious what other ways to make them feel more "live" you've thought of already.

      The 24h replay started as a constraint and turned into the design. Anything closer to live means a server holding a websocket open and my watch draining its battery to feed it. My homepage is markdown and a GitHub Action, and I wanted to keep it that way.

  • cadamsdotcom a day ago ago

    I know it's based on the author's pulse.. it'd be fun to base it on the host!

    Being hammered by HN would quicken that pulse a bit ;)

    • punk_ihaq a day ago ago

      Watching the hug of death would be fun lol

  • saint-evan a day ago ago

    Looove your kitten... How could I make one? I'm basically asking permission before I go raid your elements (inspect site)

  • scubbo a day ago ago

    TIL the term "streetlifting"

    • punk_ihaq a day ago ago

      Streetlifting is an emerging strength sport that combines calisthenics and powerlifting. Athletes compete in weight classes by testing their one- rep maxes across up to four primary movements: weighted muscle-ups, pull-ups (or chin-ups), dips, and barbell squats.

  • bayesnet a day ago ago

    Right now the HR is showing 48 bpm, so this has the fun side effect of demonstrating that the author is in pretty good shape.

    • punk_ihaq a day ago ago

      Thanks! I've been working out regularly for the past three years and eating clean and have noticed a steady decline in my rhr from the high 70s to the mid 40s now.

  • _ZeD_ a day ago ago

    there is a neko too! :D