alt.hn

3/5/2026 at 10:03:00 PM

Show HN: SitDeck – Customizable live dashboard of news, markets, threats

by danushman

3/5/2026 at 11:22:16 PM

Why do I need to create an account to deploy anything? I just wanted to look around and see what it looks like then toss it away if it's not useful.

Adding, I wanted to see the humanitarian data sources and widgets.

by skyberrys

3/6/2026 at 2:16:45 AM

Because there are custom decks, alerts, and all kinds of other things that get saved to an account. You setup your own decks and your own chart layers. They get saved to your account so you always get the same layout when you come back.

by danushman

3/6/2026 at 3:31:45 AM

You can create a demo page for everyone to be able to experience the product without signing-up. You can diable chat messaging in this demo and make it read-only if needed.

Having said that, I genuinely liked the appeal of the product.

by freakynit

3/6/2026 at 4:43:54 AM

Thank you, will have to think about that! Appreciate the kind words!

by danushman

3/6/2026 at 3:51:43 AM

Thank you for explaining the reasoning behind the account creation.

by skyberrys

3/5/2026 at 10:03:00 PM

SitDeck.com is world's largest FREE real-time AI-enabled OSINT dashboard. Monitor the situation in style with interactive maps

55+ widgets, 185+ feeds, 70+ visualizations 100% free

Data categories: Aviation Conflict Consumer Cyber Demographics Energy Financials Food & Water Health Humanitarian Refugees Innovation Law & Regs Maritime Military News Nuclear & WMD Political Prediction Markets Sanctions Seismic & Geological Social Media Satellites Supply Chain Terrorism Weather Climate

by danushman

3/5/2026 at 11:27:18 PM

Cool, congrats on shipping. Looks similar to worldmonitor [0][1]. What's the main use-case for this kind of thing? What' the "Watch Floor" you mention?

[0]: https://github.com/koala73/worldmonitor

[1]: https://www.worldmonitor.app/

by rgbrgb

3/6/2026 at 2:15:53 AM

IMHo the main use case is keeping up with a crazy world in data not words written by other people. I have trust issues with the media and with social "new media" and just crave data so I can form my own views as best I can and decide what to research into deeper. It's extremely chaotic and I expect it to get even more chaotic. I can see other uses, such as in prediction markets, investing, journalism as well. But mine is more of the pure play "monitor the situation" type.

by danushman

3/5/2026 at 11:31:25 PM

Does it use https://www.gdeltproject.org/ ?

by stared

3/6/2026 at 2:13:15 AM

Yes, I believe that is one of the data sources. If you click on Data Feeds on the top right, all sources are listed and attributed in-app. It uses only open sources, except for a few paid APIs for things that are not open (like real time flights).

by danushman

3/6/2026 at 12:31:56 AM

Actually this is cool. Might set it up and use it as a quick way to see conflict/political news

by squibonpig

3/6/2026 at 2:13:24 AM

Thank you very much!

by danushman

3/6/2026 at 3:31:29 AM

- how long did it take you to make this?

- how many of you created this together?

- what is the tech stack for stuff like this?

by vivzkestrel