Hacker News Flipboard · the top 20, on split-flaps

popflame.quickish.space · 2026-06-28 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
The top 20 stories on Hacker News, rendered on a split-flap departures board. Rank, points and headline on real mechanical flaps, refreshed by a scheduled cloud function. A remix of the Quickish flipboard.

Hacker News Flipboard · the top 20, on split-flaps

HACKER NEWS FLIPBOARD LIVE FRONT PAGE ✎

♪ ? ⚙ ⛶

Press Esc to exit

Board settings

✕

Page timing

10s

How long each page of cities shows before the board flips to the next. Saved for everyone watching.

Content source

Live updates from the cloud function On: empty rows and the headline fill with live data from the board's Quickish Cloud Function. Off: free text only. The function won't touch anything you've typed.

Who can set the headline

Let anyone set the headline Visitors can change the top line by clicking it. Rows, the board name, and timing stay yours.

Change the board from anywhere

POST to the board's cloud function with your token to set the headline from a script, a cron, or a webhook:

Token `-`Copy Reset

Keep it private. Anyone with the token can change the headline. Reset it to revoke access.

Compose board

✕

Remove page Done

Hacker News, on flaps

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The top 20 stories on Hacker News on a split-flap departures board, with rank, score and title on flap cells.

Each story row is RANK · POINTS · TITLE. Rank uses HN orange, score color changes with points, and the title is trimmed to fit. Each page has a blank lead row, ten stories, a spacer row, and a small footer. The top amber line shows the current #1 story.

Up top: ⚙ opens settings (page timing and a token to drive the board from a script), ♪ toggles the flap clicks, and ⛶ goes fullscreen. Own this board? Click any row to pin your own text over it.

A Quickish Cloud Function fetches the Hacker News front page on a schedule and broadcasts it to every open board. This is a remix of the Quickish flipboard.

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