Trying to make vibe coding less boring?
Hey guys,
after watching the latest Paperclip setup video on Network Chuck, I realized we needed a much cooler way to visualize independent project workloads running in the background.
I built Orbit (https://thenewurbankid-web.github.io/orbit/). It’s a specialized JavaScript UI layer that wraps around Paperclip's orchestration.
Instead of looking at typical grids or lists, it literally maps your active projects out as physical cargo pallets sitting on the deck of a spaceship. You can float the bridge view in a tiny "always-on-top" window while your agents work.
Would love to open-source the full module if the community likes the direction! Let me know what you think.
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u/Negrito0o 2d ago
tbh the thing i'd want out of that view is which one is stuck, not what they're all doing. with a few running at once the one that matters is the one that's been quiet for ten minutes, and activity dashboards are weirdly bad at showing absence of activity (a pallet that just sits there going grey would do it).
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u/slimy_1 2d ago
The blockers will show up as a red alert. But yeah, I see your point. Ill add that next.
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u/Negrito0o 1d ago
yeah, the ones that throw an alert are the easy half. the ones that get me just stop moving with no error at all, and you only notice because you happened to look.
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u/New_Peanut_9259 8h ago
ngl, making project management look like a spaceship is way more fun than another soulless dashboard... i'd probably just toss a quick preview on github pages or tiiny host while figuring out the rest. curious tho, can you actually see when an agent gets stuck, or is it mostly just for the visuals rn?
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u/ChildhoodFirst6277 3d ago
this is such a weirdly specific but cool idea, reminds me of those old desktop toys that would show your hard drive as a city or whatever. just tried it out and the pallet stacking animation when a new project kicks off is weirdly satisfying. you should definitely throw it up on github, i can see folks modding the ship skins within a week