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A desk gauge that shows how hot the Hacker News front page is

IDX is a small analogue gauge for your desk. A needle, a printed scale and some light, driven by live data over WiFi. One of its modes needs no API keys. It shows how 'hot' the Hacker News front page is right now. I'm Simon. I design and bu

IDX 通过 WiFi 连接显示 Hacker News 首页的热度，是一款桌面上的模拟仪表，有指针、刻度和灯光。

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Seen on hackernews · last checked 2026-10-26.

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