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My name is Paul. I’m a developer, an explorer and I’ve got ADHD. As of the beginning of August, I’m also unemployed.\n\nThis last part, along with everything else this past year, has caused me a great deal of stress.\n\nWhile our balcony zen garden project is yet to be completed, I had an idea to create a virtual one that everyone can use.\n\nIt's an idea that, unfortunately, I’ve been postponing for a while now, mostly because I have no fucking idea how to do it as I don’t know JavaScript, and I don't have the capacity to learn it right now.\n\nSo I let perfect be the enemy of good and, wel",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":55,"motivation":56,"time_to_build":55,"stack":60,"openness":61,"stage":62,"team_size":63},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Stress and need for a calming break","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",null,{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Wanted a calming virtual zen garden for others, after postponing the idea for a long time",[59],{"id":54},[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":65,"objections":97,"requests":132,"questions":161,"alternatives":180},[66,82],{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Relaxing ambient sound and visuals","commenter",[70,74,78],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"49837765","pozol","This is great! The sounds and visuals are a great way to recenter. Only UX thing I’d say, is it would be nice, and less distracting, if other “users\u002Fkoi” popping in instead kind…",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"49844366","rickydroll","Like others, I'm getting the one-frame every 2 or 3 seconds behavior. But I'm finding something I didn't expect. I'm listening to the sound and not watching the koi, and that is…",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"49843129","lakeffect","Running well for me! Would also love some very minimal interaction ability. Making water ripple, etc. Something to ease me into the idea of taking a deep breath and sitting while…",{"value":83,"source":68,"evidence":84},"Cool idea and fun to use",[85,89,93],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"49838237","Suhinnall27","This is honestly super cool, and a lot of fun. I was about to say something about the koi fish spawning and despawning until I read that they are the other users on the site,…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"49837928","_qua","Love it",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"49840296","lappet","This is really cool! So peaceful.",[98,113,125],{"value":99,"source":68,"evidence":100},"Laggy or low frame rate in many browsers",[101,105,109],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"49838038","dylanhouli","Cool idea but as some others have said the website was running quite slow for me. I noticed it at first when hovering over the 'enter' button (so before even loading the pond)…",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"49837833","hatthew","It's running at 3fps or something like that. Is that a me problem or a \"lots of traffic\" problem?",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"49839173","samrj12","Seems like quite laggy (I suppose bcz of heavy assets and rendering). I would have liked it more if we had some interactive elments with the pond or the fishes because I can only…",{"value":114,"source":68,"evidence":115},"Koi pop in and out abruptly; should fade",[116,120,121],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"49837858","p1necone","I noticed the koi pop in and out of existence on visible parts of the screen - it would be nice if incoming koi swam into frame from offscreen, and outgoing koi swam offscreen…",{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"49838195","dolebirchwood","Yes, that was very jarring. I didn't bother reading the intro text that said the other fish are other people on the site, so I just thought this was janky crap. The creator…",{"value":126,"source":68,"evidence":127},"Too many koi is stressful",[128],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"49837875","marcuskaz","Too many koi fish is stressful (and slow) I'd love a version without the multiplayer and just zen",[133,142,153],{"value":134,"source":68,"evidence":135},"Add interactivity like ripples or bubbles",[136,137,138],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"49841899","Paradigm2020","A fellow ADHD sufferer. I first clicked the enter button and, for once thanks to, slow loading I saw the 15 30 etc options... So went back and clicked 15 and waited and waited…",{"value":143,"source":68,"evidence":144},"Option to control number of koi",[145,146,150],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"49837915","mcint","Looks like it locks the number when you first load. I had it open for 30 minutes, with just 3 fish, but after reading your comment, re-opened to find 3 dozen. Choice about…",{"id":151,"by":11,"text":152},"49839570","Thank you for the feedback! Will definitely add that as an option.",{"value":154,"source":68,"evidence":155},"Screensaver or live background support",[156,157],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"49838265","farrysaini","This is great! I would really like this as live background on Android.",[162,169],{"value":163,"source":68,"evidence":164},"How is the audio generated and how is repetition handled",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"49865646","safaelmali","How are the ambient sounds made-looped recordings or synthesized in the browser? I’m curious how you handle repetition during longer sessions.",{"value":170,"source":68,"evidence":171},"Why the fish count and multiplayer behave as they do",[172,176],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"49837291","jeromechoo","This is neat. I like the zen background sounds. I'm particularly fascinated by digital third places with extremely limited social interaction (like cursor camp by Neal). I think…",{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"49837524","applfanboysbgon","It appeared to be real earlier, or at least simulated being real. I watched for 10 minutes and there were ~10 koi in my pool, with koi routinely flickering in and out of…",[181,188,195],{"value":182,"source":68,"evidence":183},"Windows 95 Marine Aquarium screensaver",[184],{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},"49839559","rhplus","Pleasant flashbacks to the Windows 95 classic Serene Screen “Marine Aquarium” https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FPprsZgA-kxs?si=waSpdI4J323fNNGh…",{"value":189,"source":68,"evidence":190},"Koi Pond iOS app",[191],{"id":192,"by":193,"text":194},"49844992","bosunknows","This immediately made me think of the old iOS app Koi Pond. In 2008, it was incredible. I remember being amazed by the water that you could spash\u002Fswirl.…",{"value":196,"source":68,"evidence":197},"Cursor Camp",[198],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},{"comments":200,"answered":34,"key":201},8,[202,205,208],{"id":203,"text":204},"49839495","Thank you for the feedback! During my work on it I’ve been testing it on both my Linux box as well as my MacBook and haven’t encountered lag. I’m not meaning to say “it works on…",{"id":206,"text":207},"49839518","Vibe coded or not, I was honestly trying in on two desktops (and two browsers) and a mobile phone and didn’t get any lag, which is why I couldn’t have caught this before. It…",{"id":209,"text":210},"49837544","Hey! That’s the base, correct. Three are always there so if someone joins and nobody else is using it – they’re never alone. 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