Show HN: Triclock – A Triangular Clock

2/12/2026 at 6:52:34 AM

Impressive visualization. Can you roll each 2d axis into a circle so that the back half of the axis curves around the back? The raytrace should still function but it’ll look less snapped-off at the boundaries, even if you flatten the 2d depth to nothing and run the axis ticks backwards.

For anyone else wondering, the weird flashing at startup is an attract mode for the invisible mode switch text at top.

by altairprime

2/12/2026 at 3:09:50 AM

11/10 for creativity there man. i was absolutely blown away by what i was looking at. imagine guests coming to your house and figuring out what the time is looking at this

by vivzkestrel

2/11/2026 at 2:55:59 PM

I wanted to do something with the Plasma Effect from this HN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46867271 combined with the faint idea to do something with colors and time that has been on my mind for quite some time.

by franze

2/11/2026 at 11:08:08 PM

also fixed the 44s to 45s bug with the visible plasma effect shift in one of the triangles

by franze

2/12/2026 at 2:20:59 AM

This is gorgeous. I see a install on pwa, but it would be even nicer if this could be an android widget. Anyone know if this is possible?

by Bolwin

2/12/2026 at 6:36:31 AM

it's a pwa and the widgets are a good idea

by franze

2/12/2026 at 7:45:02 AM

This is so pretty! Curving the triangle to a cone with seconds as base to make them run smoothly in a circle would be a nice option.

by mrtx01

2/12/2026 at 2:59:58 AM

only three seasons exist in traditional vedic model.

by johnthescott

2/12/2026 at 4:08:07 AM

Why is 11:30:30 not a perfect equilateral triangle. The "hours" spacing is a bit off

by ninju

2/12/2026 at 6:34:50 AM

interesting question, near perfect triangles

  07:18:18 
  16:41:41 
  09:23:23

but non of them are mathematically perfect triangles.

well 00:00:00 and 23:59:59 are

for a perfect triangle all three hands need equal distance from center. hours range 0 to 23, minutes and seconds 0 to 59, so you need

h(divided by) 23 to equal

m(divided by) 59 to equal

s(divided by) 59.

since 23 and 59 are both prime, bad luck.

by franze

2/11/2026 at 10:51:50 PM

Oh wow this is soooo freakin cool

by bombashell

2/12/2026 at 2:21:56 AM

2222

by hackersk

2/12/2026 at 11:07:34 AM

This is really sick

by opem

2/11/2026 at 6:35:21 PM

The Flux mode is really pretty!

by camtarn