500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard
500 years of Korean court omens mapped to DevOps telemetry with real historical data.
Rabbit HoleWizardryBig Brain
poppypetalmask
1582617d ago
Design Projects
Design tools and resources from Show HN — UI kits, design systems, color tools, and creative software.
PolyCSS – A 3D engine for the DOM (without WebGL)
Full 3D engine in pure CSS DOM elements — you'll ask how this even works.
WizardryEye CandyRabbit Hole
rofko
5120d ago
Browser-based light pollution simulator using real photometric data
Real LDT files driving live sky-glow grades in a browser — that's genuinely wild.
WizardryNiche Gem
holg
44201mo ago
The Hanging Sculptures of the Xiaoxitian
Stunning 3D archive of 1000+ suspended sculptures at Xiaoxitian temple you can fly through.
Rabbit HoleEye Candy
hanyangwang
27829d ago
Figma alternative where AI works with vector primitives, not code
Finally, an AI design partner that edits vector layers instead of generating static images.
Zero to OneBold Bet
amantinband
941mo ago
Dust3D 1.0 – low-poly 3D modeling tool (10 years in the making)
Sketch-to-mesh auto-rigging solves the hardest part of 3D character creation in minutes.
Zero to OneCrowd PleaserCozy
huxingyi
801mo ago
Continuum, a pedantic recreation of the OMNI font
Researched 15 years of magazines to recreate OMNI's exact letterforms and hand-set kerning.
CozyNiche GemRabbit Hole
ChristopherDrum
801mo ago
Chaos Studies – attractors and spatial audio (iOS/Mac/Playdate)
Strange attractors + spatial audio that rotates with the form you're touching.
Eye CandyWizardryCozy
jlong
624mo ago
Headroom – Loudness normalizer and Key+BPM playlist sorter for DJs
Bakes Auto Gain and Key+BPM sort into files so CDJs actually respect them.
Solve My ProblemNiche Gem
jphfa
6126d ago
Figma 3D Tilt, Like "Firefox Tilt" but for Figma
Brings back Firefox Tilt's spatial debugging but for actual Figma layer structures.
WizardryEye CandySolve My Problem
say2015
402mo ago
GitHub
A WebGPU molecular visualizer with GPU path-traced global illumination.
11TypeScript
●●●Banger
Speck PBR – A WebGPU molecular visualizer
WebGPU path tracing for molecular viz when PyMOL and VMD require desktop installs.
Eye CandyWizardryNiche Gem
wwwtyro
402mo ago
Showing the same info in 248 different UI
248 AI-generated UIs for the same inbox data in just 6 hours.
Rabbit HoleWizardryCrowd Pleaser
ym705
401mo ago
Winamp's Geiss and Milkdrop ported to WebGL
Milkdrop's shader algorithms running in-browser with mic input is genuinely impressive.
WizardryRabbit HoleZero to One
vlbeta
403d ago
Built flight tracker colored by altitude, strangely satisfying to watch
Altitude-colored flight radar in 3D—satisfying to watch, technically solid, genuinely novel.
Eye CandyCrowd PleaserRabbit Hole
kewonit
304mo ago
A/B test images with your eyes using ARKit face tracking
ARKit gaze tracking replaces click surveys for unbiased A/B testing on iPhone.
Big BrainSolve My ProblemDark Horse
hoag
302mo ago
Good Terminal Color Schemes Are Rare, So I Wrote a Generator
APCA-driven generation fixes semantic color drift that pywal and base16 ignore.
Big BrainNiche GemCozy
ivoronin
3028d ago
GitHub
Browser-based sticker design tool for the Zebra LP2844 thermal printer
2JavaScript
●●●Banger
Sticky Icky – a ditherpunk sticker designer for the Zebra LP2844
XOR compositing and EPX upscaling turn $40 thermal printers into art machines.
Niche GemWizardryCozy
sigspec
3027d ago
Windows 98½
Pixel-perfect Win98 nostalgia that somehow runs real sites inside it.
Eye CandyRabbit HoleCrowd Pleaser
keepamovin
3027d ago
Axion – Browser-based guitar amp/effects rig
Sub-20ms browser latency with full NAM capture support and zero signup required.
WizardrySlick
rhysfonixone
3320d ago
GitHub
The world's first open-source AI-native vector design tool and the first to feature concurrent Agent Teams. Design-as-Code. Turn prompts into UI directly on the live canvas. A modern alternative to Pencil.
3,351TypeScript
●●●Banger
OpenPencil - Open-source vector design tool controlled by AI Agents
Design-as-Code meets agentic workflows—MCP integration makes Figma's API look clunky.
Zero to OneWizardryBig Brain
finiking
223mo ago
I built a word art generator for 3D printers
Multi-color 3MF export with named parts drops straight into Bambu Studio.
Solve My ProblemSlickNiche Gem
ductionist
223mo ago
Kromacut – Open-source tool for multi-color 3D prints from images
Open-source HueForge alternative using Beer-Lambert optics for layer stacking.
WizardryNiche GemBig Brain
vycdev
203mo ago
GitHub
AI design tools give you pages. Design Graph gives you flows. A canvas where each node is an AI-generated screen and each edge is a user action — so you see the whole product experience, not just variants. Files on disk, any coding agent, MIT.
17HTML
●●●Banger
Design Graph – a canvas for reviewing parallel HTML variants
Fixes AI design tools' static page problem by mapping screens into interactive flow graphs.
Big BrainSolve My Problem
SebastianSosa
201mo ago
Get your website roasted within a week
Specific roast taxonomy with real examples makes this actually useful.
Rabbit HoleCrowd Pleaser
R4FKEN
207d ago
Mesmereyes – classic HN demos, mashed up and remade for multitouch
Ray-traced black holes and atmospheric simulations you can manipulate with your fingers.
Rabbit HoleEye CandyWizardry
kmewhort
203d ago
Generative Art Shaders
Infinite procedural art via function composition; mesmerizing to explore, surprisingly deep.
Rabbit HoleWizardryEye Candy
0xdada
103mo ago
Browser-based timelapse generator with pose-based photo alignment
Pose-based alignment in the browser fixes shaky timelapses without Photoshop.
WizardryCozy
bb-dev
111mo ago
CircadianLab – Browser-based radiosity lighting simulator (WebGPU)
Real-time radiosity solver for WELL v2 compliance running entirely in the browser.
WizardrySolve My ProblemNiche Gem
jclarkcom
101mo ago
Stonn, a federated civil/terrain viewer
Federates LandXML, IFC, and GeoJSON in one scene without format conversions or data loss.
WizardryBig BrainNiche Gem
oscarcp
105d ago
Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks
Empirical color harmony beats algorithmic rules by using actual painter pairings.
Eye CandyCozy
ouli
215831mo ago
M. C. Escher spiral in WebGL inspired by 3Blue1Brown
WebGL fragment shader recreates the Escher print gallery conformal mapping effect.
Eye CandyWizardry
laszlokorte
176322mo ago
Glitchy camera – a circuit-bent camera simulator in the browser
Circuit-bent camera sim with playful UI, but novelty wears off once you've captured a few photos.
Eye CandyRabbit HoleNiche Gem
elayabharath
173224mo ago
I made a 3D pose maker for artists
Cleaner UX than DesignDoll with better lighting controls for scene setup.
Eye CandyCozy
augustvdv
883328d ago
Web projects – one every month
48 monthly web art experiments — VandalAds and Guard Simulator are genuinely memorable.
Rabbit HoleCozy
absurdwebsite
78262mo ago
Sundial – a new way to look at a weather forecast
Novel radial weather UI, but Apple Weather and Carrot already do forecasts better.
Eye CandyCozy
izaidi
66262mo ago
Weird Clocks
Twelve impractical clocks that are fun to explore for five minutes.
Eye CandyRabbit HoleCozy
vunderba
53192mo ago
A geometric analysis of Chopin's Prelude No. 4 using 3D topology
Maps harmony to 3D umbilic tori; Chopin analysis claims tension is topological conflict.
Rabbit HoleWizardryBig Brain
jimishol
50163mo ago
Turn your name into a tree in an infinite procedural shanshui landscape
Infinite Chinese landscape painting where your name grows into a procedural tree.
Eye CandyRabbit HoleCozy
subairui
41216d ago
The Alphabetical Clock
Sorts all 43,200 possible times alphabetically and points a needle to the current one.
Rabbit HoleWizardry
secretdark
40222mo ago
AdaShape-3D modeler for intuitive 3D printing parts / Windows 11
Simpler than Fusion 360, but Windows-only alpha limits who can actually try it.
Ship ItNiche Gem
fsloth
32312mo ago
Web-Based ANSI Art Viewer
Baud-rate scrolling and ZIP artpack support bring 90s BBS nostalgia to modern browsers.
Rabbit HoleCozy
lubujackson
2973mo ago
The Front Page – Newspaper-style front page for Hacker News
Newspaper-style HN reader that actually respects the site's text-heavy roots.
CozyNiche Gem
stagas
29923d ago
Minimalist Glitch Art Maker (100% client-side)
Everything runs client-side and it actually records the glitch output to WebM straight from your webcam — a nice privacy-minded touch that beats many demo pages that only preview effects. The UI exposes useful controls (line thickness, jitter, threshold, raw mode) so you can dial in looks in real time; it's a focused, functional demo rather than a feature-complete product. Add presets, more effect types, or export options and this would stop feeling like a neat toy and start feeling like a tool.
WizardryNiche Gem
yz-yu
2584mo ago
GitHub
Generative Density Approximation for Deterministic Chaos The Hopalong Attractor
13Python
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Hopalong Attractor. An old classic with a new perspective in 3D
Rigorous chaotic attractor visualization with JIT and novel pixel density approach, extremely niche.
Rabbit HoleWizardry
ratwolf
2523mo ago
Algorithmic String Art, accessible to all
Turns photos into thread patterns entirely in your browser.
Eye CandyCozy
s_e__a___n
1541mo ago
Windows 95–style Weather App for iPhone
Pixel-perfect Windows 95 UI on iOS, but it's just Open-Meteo with a skin.
Eye CandyCozyNiche Gem
web3rb
1282mo ago
isometric.nyc/snow
Beautiful isometric snow effect, but it's a visual novelty—art project, not a tool or product.
Eye CandyRabbit HoleWizardry
cannoneyed
1023mo ago
SuperPaint – a fluid simulation painting app
Fluid simulation painting app built with Compose Multiplatform and C++.
Eye CandyCozy
aaronetz
1042mo ago