Show HN: An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm
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Profession like software engineer, mechanical / graphics designer takes a lot of strain on your eyes, observing minute details for hours and hours on screen can significantly reduce the blink rate which you might not even notice until it gets irreversibly painful, leaving you with dry eyes. I am already a victim of it, working 20 years as a research engineer in computer vision, zooming into pixel level details to hand craft algorithms. Now the doctors says its only regular use of lubricating…
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- Nov 7, 2026
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- eyesrhythm.com
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Trending history
Show HN: An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 67 checks on 2 different days, across 3 lists (Hacker News · Front page, Hacker News · Show HN, Hacker News · Show HN · this week). Its best position was #24 of 30, reached on Nov 8, 00:09 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 14:20 UTC.
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| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Hacker News · Front page | #24 | 2 | 24 | |
| Hacker News · Show HN | #4 | 2 | 34 | |
| Hacker News · Show HN · this week | #28 | 1 | 9 |
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Really cool idea, but I'm very careful with installing non-OSS stuff on my computer that records my webcam 24/7. If this was OSS, I'd probably use it.
I had an employer who did that inadvertently by taking screenshots of the entire desktop fleet every hour (or was it 30 mins?). Things would freeze for a second and then you would blink.
Cool idea! I will note that since I started wearing contacts, I now have to blink more often in order to prevent my contacts from drying out. This acts as a sorta natural forcing function for blinking at a more healthy rate haha
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Is Show HN: An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 8, 14:20 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm reached?
#24 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 8, 00:09 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Show HN: An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (67 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
31 points and 15 comments; submitted by prnysoni on Nov 7, 2026.