Triclock
A Triangular Clock
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HN · launched Feb 11, 2026 · 68 upvotes (top 15%) · 0 views
Niche: world clock and time tools · 50 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▲ +33% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 50 launches in world clock and time tools →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a lightweight visual clock rendered on an HTML5 canvas with a basic service worker for offline support.
Discussion
13 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Hours spacing calculation slightly off from perfect equilateral triangle, Mathematical impossibility of perfect triangles due to prime number ranges (23 vs 59)
Feature requests: Curve triangle into cone with seconds as base for smooth circular motion, Roll 2D axes into circles with back half curving around for wraparound effect, Android widget support in addition to PWA
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1730 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #241 of 1731 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 103 days after the earliest competitor.
- A Triangular Clock · hn · 2026-02-10 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.82
- LinzinDeskClock · github · 2026-11-06 · 129 upvotes · similarity 0.66
- Helical Time · hn · 2026-09-14 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- The bedtime · hn · 2026-01-05 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- virgo · github · 2026-10-02 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Micron · hn · 2026-11-08 · 64 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- The Alphabetical Clock · hn · 2026-03-30 · 40 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- chromatix · github · 2026-09-29 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.54
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