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648 points yoavfr | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 12:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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latexr ◴[05 Sep 25 13:14 UTC] No.45138173[source]▶
As I opened the website, the “16” changed to “17”. This looked interesting, as if the data were being updated live just as I loaded the page. Alas, a refresh (and quick check in the Developer Tools) reveals it’s fake and always does the transition. It’s a cool effect, but feels like a dirty trick.
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yoavfr ◴[05 Sep 25 13:17 UTC] No.45138206[source]▶
Sorry if that felt dirty - I thought about it as a signal that the data is live (it is!).
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Jordan-117 ◴[05 Sep 25 17:16 UTC] No.45140986[source]▶
Might make more sense to start at zero and then rapidly scale to the current number? To indicate fresh data is being loaded in without making it look like the reader happened to catch a new occurrence in real-time.
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1. lobsterthief ◴[07 Sep 25 12:44 UTC] No.45157689[source]▶
Would also be a fun way to animate the bar and animate the full being “sketched in”.

Love the design btw, very fun to build I imagine