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Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games

  • Hacker News

Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-coded with Claude Code, but not one-shot. I added features and...

  • Published: Apr 19, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 19, 2026
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Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-coded with Claude Code, but not one-shot. I added features and...

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://www.vincentgregoire.com/faceoff.
  • Description: Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-cod....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games".
  • Source description: Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-cod....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-19.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-19).
  • Primary public product URL is https://www.vincentgregoire.com/faceoff.
  • Description: Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-cod....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games".

Why Now

Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

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Trend score

49.5

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56

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  • Listed on Hacker News as "Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games".
  • Source description: Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-cod....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-19.
  • Description: Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-cod....
  • Primary public product URL is https://www.vincentgregoire.com/faceoff.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-19).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

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  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

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Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games

Listed on Hacker News as "Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games".

Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games official profile

Primary public product URL is https://www.vincentgregoire.com/faceoff.

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