Show HN: AI Pulse a fake LED strip beside the macOS Dock that shows agent status

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Post by leog_me » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

Hi HN!

I run a few Claude Code sessions in parallel and kept cmd-tabbing around just to find out one of them had been sitting on a permission prompt for ten minutes. There's a hardware gadget I liked (called SidePulse.io) so before waiting to get my shipment I built the software version instead :D

I hope you like it and find it useful as I do!

Show HN: AI Pulse a fake LED strip beside the macOS Dock that shows agent status
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Post by johng » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC

Looks neat, and I ordered the bundle from SidePulse.io as well. Thanks for the project and pointing this out.

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Post by leog_me » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC

johng wrote: post #2

Looks neat, and I ordered the bundle from SidePulse.io as well. Thanks for the project and pointing this out.

Thanks! I will certainly enjoy the hardware version, but the app fits in too :)

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Post by rootsudo » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC

So, kitt has come to mac

Re: Show HN: AI Pulse a fake LED strip beside the macOS Dock that shows agent status

#5

Post by bellowsgulch » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 2:58 AM UTC

Maybe consider adding a live screenshot. "Beside the macOS Dock" is vague. What happens when your dock is the entire length of your desktop?

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Post by bobkinartem » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 7:10 AM UTC

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Post by BrucecarlL » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC

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Post by fellowniusmonk » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC

bellowsgulch wrote: post #5

Maybe consider adding a live screenshot. "Beside the macOS Dock" is vague. What happens when your dock is the entire length of your desktop?

Yeah, a screenshot that provides context of where this ends up would be nice.

Re: Show HN: AI Pulse a fake LED strip beside the macOS Dock that shows agent status

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Post by stevenhubertron » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 7:21 PM UTC

Shame its for Claude only and not a more universal harness. Also wish their was an actual screenshot of it in action.

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Post by stevenhubertron » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

fellowniusmonk wrote: post #8

bellowsgulch wrote: post #5

Maybe consider adding a live screenshot. "Beside the macOS Dock" is vague. What happens when your dock is the entire length of your desktop?

Yeah, a screenshot that provides context of where this ends up would be nice.

Looks like this: https://www.drkpxl.com/assets/img/ai-pulse.png in the lower right of the screen.