Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games

(vincentgregoire.com)

35 points | by vcf 1 hour ago

8 comments

  • cyberax 2 minutes ago
    What next? Perhaps a small scripting language to run on the side of the terminal?

    You know, just to make some simple automations possible, nothing super-special.

  • divbzero 1 hour ago
    Related:

    Playball – Watch MLB games from a terminal - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45451577 - Oct 2025 (146 comments)

    Playball: Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37591070 - Sept 2023 (1 comment)

    Playball: Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21653981 - Nov 2019 (42 comments)

    • j45 48 minutes ago
      Different sport though, but neat visualizations.
  • embedding-shape 41 minutes ago
    > Acknowledgments - This project was inspired by Playball, a similar terminal application for following MLB baseball games.

    Should've gone for something generalized that could handle a bunch of different games, instead of just another sport, so someone caring about multiple sports don't need multiple TUIs :)

    • vcf 35 minutes ago
      Different sports have different ways to present the data. But most importantly, the data availability differs a lot between leagues, so there’s a benefit to having separate tools. I, for one, would not want to maintain an app for all sports.
  • rangersny1 44 minutes ago
    Nice! In practice, how far behind the TV broadcast does it end up being?
    • vcf 38 minutes ago
      Not too much, but it’s using a Rest API, so it also depends on the refresh rate (default 30 seconds, configurable with cli argument).
  • james-clef 44 minutes ago
    Wicked. Who is your team?
    • vcf 39 minutes ago
      Go Habs Go!
  • freedomben 1 hour ago
    Nice, I've now created dozens of little personal tools like this now :-)

    This is IMHO the killer AI feature for personal use. So many utlities I never would have spent time on are now within reach. Even just non-trivial bashrc aliases and functions

    • vcf 1 hour ago
      Yeah, I completely agree. It's awesome to be able to build anything you want (as long as it's not too complex). I, too, have at least a dozen, and I usually don't share, but with the playoffs starting, I felt others could enjoy this one.
      • embedding-shape 40 minutes ago
        > It's awesome to be able to build anything you want (as long as it's not too complex).

        That's the thing. It was always awesome, as long as it wasn't too complex. The only thing that changed for me what was "too complex".

      • cr125rider 59 minutes ago
        Super fun! Nice job shipping!
  • itsnh98 27 minutes ago
    Go Habs!
  • j45 48 minutes ago
    The missing interface from sports.