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Stripe Black Friday Dashboard (Physical Machine)

50 points by oli5679 2y ago

coreyh14444 2y ago
As a user of the Toshiba T3000 laptop and various other machines of the 1980s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_T3100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_T3100) which had a similar display, this is really hitting the nostalgia button HARD. Kudos.
- DonnyV 2y ago
  I like the slight fuzzy look it has. Captured that orange monitor feel really well.
  - bbrks 2y ago
    You might like cool-retro-term[1] - it's fun to play around with for a bit :) [1] https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
xnorswap 2y ago
I know this isn't really about Snake, but this implementation of snake is frustrating to play because: 1. It doesn't buffer inputs. If you are travelling Left and quickly tap Up then Left, it'll treat it as a no-op instead of moving you up a row. 2. You can suicide by quickly tapping Up + Right while travelling Left. It'll fail to buffer the input, so you immediately turn 180 degrees back on yourself and die. If you're travelling Left, then you can't press just Right, but an intermezzo tap of the Up key bypasses the input validation that prevents a 180.
- steve_adams_86 2y ago
  Agreed, I had to quit because of weird things like this. A little sad because the aesthetic drew me in right away and it was fun to start. Still, nice work, fun little break, hopefully they fix those issues and make it a little more fun
bhouston 2y ago
Sort of lame compared to Shopify's Black Friday dashboard. Stripe sort of feels like they lost some magic.
- c0wb0yc0d3r 2y ago
  Definitely different levels! https://bfcm.shopify.com/ https://bfcm.shopify.com/ Does anyone know what frameworks Shopify used to put that together? Viewing the source I see refs to react, but I find it hard to believe that it is only react.
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - chedabob 2y ago
    There's at least one error log that references Three.js.
  - bhouston 2y ago
    React three fiber. A way to use Three but with React. It is quite neat and powerful.
  - steve_adams_86 2y ago
    Whoa. This feels like something someone would have made in Flash arbitrarily in their spare time some 20 years ago, in a really good way. Tons of loving details.
  - willsmith72 2y ago
    It hurts seeing all that Australian traffic cross the Pacific. As an Aussie the internet feels so much better in north America
  - mvdtnz 2y ago
    They blogged about how they wrote the 2023 version which seems to have a lot in common. https://shopify.engineering/how-we-built-shopifys-bfcm-2023-globe https://shopify.engineering/how-we-built-shopifys-bfcm-2023-...
1970-01-01 2y ago
Frozen at 43% Useless.
- linuxguy2 2y ago
  49% here. Maybe I'm missing the point? Something other than playing snake I suppose.
  - bbrks 2y ago
    I assume it had live data at the time of Black Friday, and the loading bar is showing progress towards them publishing a replay: "FINAL DATA COMING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3"
  - garyfirestorm 2y ago
    51% here stuck
- mcpherrinm 2y ago
  There was a live feed of the physical device they built. Some photos from their twitter: https://x.com/stripe/status/1862481577307251197 https://x.com/stripe/status/1862481577307251197 https://x.com/stripe/status/1863012757630505394/photo/1 https://x.com/stripe/status/1863012757630505394/photo/1 And a screenshot: https://imgur.com/0IrSjtC https://imgur.com/0IrSjtC
m3kw9 2y ago
That font glow looks completely wrong, it looks like a lazy blur applied on top

50 points by oli5679 2y ago

As a user of the Toshiba T3000 laptop and various other machines of the 1980s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_T3100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_T3100) which had a similar display, this is really hitting the nostalgia button HARD. Kudos.

DonnyV 2y ago
I like the slight fuzzy look it has. Captured that orange monitor feel really well.
- bbrks 2y ago
  You might like cool-retro-term[1] - it's fun to play around with for a bit :) [1] https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

xnorswap 2y ago

I know this isn't really about Snake, but this implementation of snake is frustrating to play because: 1. It doesn't buffer inputs. If you are travelling Left and quickly tap Up then Left, it'll treat it as a no-op instead of moving you up a row. 2. You can suicide by quickly tapping Up + Right while travelling Left. It'll fail to buffer the input, so you immediately turn 180 degrees back on yourself and die. If you're travelling Left, then you can't press just Right, but an intermezzo tap of the Up key bypasses the input validation that prevents a 180.

steve_adams_86 2y ago
Agreed, I had to quit because of weird things like this. A little sad because the aesthetic drew me in right away and it was fun to start. Still, nice work, fun little break, hopefully they fix those issues and make it a little more fun

bhouston 2y ago

Sort of lame compared to Shopify's Black Friday dashboard. Stripe sort of feels like they lost some magic.

c0wb0yc0d3r 2y ago
Definitely different levels! https://bfcm.shopify.com/ https://bfcm.shopify.com/ Does anyone know what frameworks Shopify used to put that together? Viewing the source I see refs to react, but I find it hard to believe that it is only react.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- chedabob 2y ago
  There's at least one error log that references Three.js.
- bhouston 2y ago
  React three fiber. A way to use Three but with React. It is quite neat and powerful.
- steve_adams_86 2y ago
  Whoa. This feels like something someone would have made in Flash arbitrarily in their spare time some 20 years ago, in a really good way. Tons of loving details.
- willsmith72 2y ago
  It hurts seeing all that Australian traffic cross the Pacific. As an Aussie the internet feels so much better in north America
- mvdtnz 2y ago
  They blogged about how they wrote the 2023 version which seems to have a lot in common. https://shopify.engineering/how-we-built-shopifys-bfcm-2023-globe https://shopify.engineering/how-we-built-shopifys-bfcm-2023-...

1970-01-01 2y ago

Frozen at 43% Useless.

linuxguy2 2y ago
49% here. Maybe I'm missing the point? Something other than playing snake I suppose.
- bbrks 2y ago
  I assume it had live data at the time of Black Friday, and the loading bar is showing progress towards them publishing a replay: "FINAL DATA COMING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3"
- garyfirestorm 2y ago
  51% here stuck
mcpherrinm 2y ago
There was a live feed of the physical device they built. Some photos from their twitter: https://x.com/stripe/status/1862481577307251197 https://x.com/stripe/status/1862481577307251197 https://x.com/stripe/status/1863012757630505394/photo/1 https://x.com/stripe/status/1863012757630505394/photo/1 And a screenshot: https://imgur.com/0IrSjtC https://imgur.com/0IrSjtC

m3kw9 2y ago

That font glow looks completely wrong, it looks like a lazy blur applied on top