Bedtime GitHub Project: A JavaScript Loading Animation Designed to Help Users Fall Asleep
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sarusso
Not artisan, but a perfectly fine bagel. Hits the spot.
Summary
Bedtime is a GitHub project that helps users fall asleep by watching a JavaScript loader spin while displaying a bedtime story. The project intentionally slows down the loading process and text display speed as the story progresses, making it unlikely for users to reach the end unless they stay awake. The creator developed this tool after experiencing insomnia and noticing how watching loading spinners could be soothing.
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This little toy project progressively tells a bedtime story about Liora and its little companion, while intentionally making a JavaScript loader spin for no reason other than to help you get to sleep
The time the loader spins, as well as the speed at which the text appears, increases as you go through the story, so that you ideally never reach the end (unless you really, really want to)
I came up with this one night when I couldn't fall asleep and was looking for some data analysis results on a web platform, noticing that the spinner was actual
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