System Metrics Panel
A telemetry HUD whose six meters wander ±1 a tick on fixed drift sequences — no random numbers, a pure function of the tick.
<SystemMetricsPanel isAnimating={true} tickMs={620} />
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A line ref opens it in the source below
Name
system-metrics — six telemetry meters computed from nothing but a tick counter.
How it works
A function of the tick. A meter's value is its base, plus its eight-step drift sequence summed up to
tick % 8, plus one when it pulses. No state but the counter: the prerendered frame and any later one are the same function.Sequences that sum to zero. Each sequence of
+1,0,−1cancels out over its eight steps, and the pulse comes round every 12 ticks (three ticks apart from one meter to the next): the panel loops every 24 ticks, 14.9 s.It used to creep. The meters once kept each pulse: after five minutes on the page every one sat at 95–96 %. The xray's drift table made it plain; now the bump lasts one tick.
Three bands. Under 40 a bar is gold, from 70 violet, mint between; the fill is a width set inline as
metricFill.
Cost
One render a tick. A
setIntervalevery 620 ms bumps the counter and React renders six rows; the home passesisAnimating={false}while its screen is off view, and underprefers-reduced-motionno interval runs.
See also
- computer-3d — this panel is zone 4 of its screen.
import { assignInlineVars } from "@vanilla-extract/dynamic";
import { memo, useEffect, useState } from "react";
import * as styles from "./system-metrics-panel.css";
export interface SystemMetricsPanelProps {
isAnimating: boolean;
className?: string;
/** Milliseconds between two ticks. */
tickMs?: number;
/** The Lab's xray: the band thresholds on every bar, the pulsing meter marked. */
xray?: boolean;
/** After each tick (and once when the xray opens). */
onTick?: (tick: number) => void;
}
export const METRICS = ["RKU", "WAV", "RQM", "ION", "FLX", "MUX"] as const;
export const BASE_VALUES = [58, 43, 72, 34, 66, 49] as const;
// Each sums to zero over its eight steps: a meter wanders around its base, never away from it.
export const DRIFT_SEQUENCES = [
[0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1],
[0, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1],
[1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0],
[0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1],
[0, 1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 0, -1],
[0, -1, 0, 1, 1, 0, -1, 0],
] as const;
const UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 620;
/** A meter's one-tick bump comes round every PULSE_EVERY ticks, three ticks after the one above. */
export const PULSE_EVERY = 12;
export const BANDS = { mid: 40, high: 70 } as const;
export const SYSTEM_METRICS_DEFAULTS = { tickMs: UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS } as const;
const clamp = (value: number, min: number, max: number) => Math.max(min, Math.min(max, value));
export const isPulsing = (index: number, tick: number) => (tick + index * 3) % PULSE_EVERY === 0;
/**
* Every meter at a tick, from nothing but the tick: its base, plus its drift sequence summed up
* to this step, plus the bump if it pulses now. The pulse is never kept, so the panel loops
* every 24 ticks instead of creeping to the top.
*/
export function metricsAt(tick: number): number[] {
return BASE_VALUES.map((base, index) => {
const sequence = DRIFT_SEQUENCES[index];
let walk = 0;
for (let step = 0; step <= tick % sequence.length; step += 1) walk += sequence[step];
return clamp(base + walk + (isPulsing(index, tick) ? 1 : 0), 8, 96);
});
}
export const bandOf = (value: number) =>
value >= BANDS.high ? "high" : value >= BANDS.mid ? "mid" : "low";
export const SystemMetricsPanel = memo(
({
isAnimating,
className,
tickMs = UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS,
xray = false,
onTick,
}: SystemMetricsPanelProps) => {
const [tick, setTick] = useState(0);
const values = metricsAt(tick);
const [prefersReducedMotion, setPrefersReducedMotion] = useState(false);
useEffect(() => {
const mediaQuery = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)");
const updateMotion = () => setPrefersReducedMotion(mediaQuery.matches);
updateMotion();
mediaQuery.addEventListener("change", updateMotion);
return () => {
mediaQuery.removeEventListener("change", updateMotion);
};
}, []);
useEffect(() => {
if (!isAnimating || prefersReducedMotion) return;
const intervalId = window.setInterval(() => setTick((current) => current + 1), tickMs);
return () => {
window.clearInterval(intervalId);
};
}, [isAnimating, prefersReducedMotion, tickMs]);
useEffect(() => {
onTick?.(tick);
}, [onTick, tick]);
const rootClassName = className ? `${styles.rootStyles} ${className}` : styles.rootStyles;
const shouldPulse = isAnimating && !prefersReducedMotion;
return (
<div
className={rootClassName}
data-reduced-motion={prefersReducedMotion ? "true" : "false"}
data-xray={xray || undefined}
aria-hidden="true"
>
<div className={styles.textureStyles} />
<div className={styles.scanlineStyles} />
<div className={styles.headerStyles}>
<span className={styles.headerLabelStyles}>SYS.M</span>
<span className={styles.headerTickStyles}>T+{String(112 + tick).padStart(3, "0")}</span>
</div>
<div className={styles.metricsListStyles}>
{METRICS.map((metric, index) => {
const value = values[index] ?? 0;
const band = bandOf(value);
return (
<div
key={metric}
className={styles.metricRowStyles}
data-pulsing={xray && isPulsing(index, tick) ? "true" : undefined}
>
<span className={styles.metricKeyStyles}>{metric}</span>
<span className={styles.metricValueStyles}>{String(value).padStart(2, "0")}%</span>
<span
className={styles.metricBarStyles}
data-band={band}
data-pulse={shouldPulse ? "true" : "false"}
style={assignInlineVars({ [styles.metricFill]: `${value}%` })}
/>
</div>
);
})}
</div>
</div>
);
},
);