Koi.rest

About Koi.rest

A koi pond to stare at. A place to do nothing.

In the maker’s words

Hi there. 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. This last part, along with everything else this past year, has caused me a great deal of stress. While our balcony zen garden project is yet to be completed, I had an idea to create a virtual one that everyone can use. It'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. So I let perfect be the enemy of good and, well... just kept the idea to myself. Then I said "fuck it" and used AI to make the thing I really wanted to make. I realized I didn't want "perfect". I wanted "good enough". I tweaked, added, removed, drew, researched, questioned, tested... I just wasn't the one coding it. So now, instead of occupying my …

Where people found it

• Hacker NewsShow HN: Koi.rest – watch some fish and regain your balance228 points65 comments9 days ago