MacOS Live Screensaver
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screensaver
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65points
41comments
#1,063of 3,837 in 2025
Top 28%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Execution: 3 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool project and well executed vibe-coded codebase
From 3 comments
That's super cool, congrats on releasing it ! It's a feature that some people periodically ask me to add in Aerial, but I never got to it. Piping from yt-dlp to AVFoundation is…
cwizou on HNIndeed I was able to read through it's 555 lines in about 4-5 minutes. Nothing seems too ghastly -- it's a pretty good vibe coding job.
runjake on HNthis is so cool, congrats, im a product manager turned vibe coder so im way into this. nice job, ill be tracking!
billsunshine on HN
Idea of live streams as screensavers is appealing
From 2 comments
this is cool. i love shit like this idk if any of y'all ever used https://satelliteeyes.tomtaylor.co.uk/ but I was a big fan. such that i now have my own process of keeping my…
grimgrin on HNNice work! Excellent, advertising-free live streams to choose from here: https://www.youtube.com/@MontereyBayAquarium/streams I often turn on the kelp forest (sound muted) as a…
aerostable_slug on HN
Objections
Preview flickers and Options button breaks due to host process being killed
From 1 comment
So fyi, the way you hook it there is what makes the preview flicker in System Settings. You check if the screen is locked, and if not, kill the host. But screen is not locked in…
cwizou on HN
Exit workaround can crash or hang for some users
From 1 comment
Ha, you do the exit trick too then, I just missed it. FYI that works 99% of the time, but for some people it sometimes crashes (because we exit our host container -…
cwizou on HN
Screensavers waste energy
From 1 comment
We have become so wasteful with energy. at a mass scale this will consume a lot of electricity but we only think of dollar cost now
hackernewds on HN
Requests
Support Twitch streams
From 1 comment
Cool project! I wish there was a way to play Twitch streams on it. Maybe it’s something I’ll look into next weekend
Isuckatcode on HN
Questions
How maintainable are entirely vibe-coded projects?
From 2 comments
> Disclaimer: This project was entirely vibe-coded. I've never written Swift before in my life Something I've wondered - but not had much empirical evidence for - is if entirely…
its-kostya on HN> is if entirely vibe-coded projects are difficult to maintain Vibe coding is too “Hail Mary” to me, but if you’re into it, I would think the best way to do that is by giving a…
Someone on HN
Alternatives named
Aerial screensaver
From 1 comment
That's super cool, congrats on releasing it ! It's a feature that some people periodically ask me to add in Aerial, but I never got to it. Piping from yt-dlp to AVFoundation is…
cwizou on HN
Satellite Eyes
From 1 comment
this is cool. i love shit like this idk if any of y'all ever used https://satelliteeyes.tomtaylor.co.uk/ but I was a big fan. such that i now have my own process of keeping my…
grimgrin on HN