My Homepage Has a Pulse

(snehankekre.com)

12 points | by punk_ihaq 5 hours ago ago

6 comments

  • darknavi an hour 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 4 minutes 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.

  • bayesnet 20 minutes 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 16 minutes ago

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

  • _ZeD_ 2 hours ago

    there is a neko too! :D