Spin Lab
Shares rank 21 of 31 interactive visualizations by recommenders
People like its visual design and clear visualisation, though it looks best on a desktop screen. Critics point to AI-sounding text and a blade that cannot be rotated.
People like its visual design and clear visualisation, though it looks best on a desktop screen. Critics point to AI-sounding text and a blade that cannot be rotated.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Excellent visual design
“this visualisation is excellent”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Spin Lab” “love it visually! Awesome job”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Spin Lab” Looks much better on desktop
“it doesn't look good on mobile devices - try it on a desktop screen if you can, much better there.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Spin Lab”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Text sounds AI generated
“it would be better if it didn't have text that's clearly ai generated”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Spin Lab” “it gives me “I did it in 5 minutes with AI” vibes”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Spin Lab”
Other interactive visualizations people recommend
The four most recommended other interactive visualizations, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ciechanow.ski | 33 | 1 | 97% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Size of Life | 30 | 4 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| PGSimCity | 27 | 3 | 90% | 1 | — | — |
| Ithihāsas | 18 | 3 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| Spin LabThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I expected to be able to rotate the blade just a little.”
“it doesn't look good on mobile devices - try it on a desktop screen if you can, much better there.”
“love it visually! Awesome job”
“it gives me “I did it in 5 minutes with AI” vibes”
“this visualisation is excellent”
“it would be better if it didn't have text that's clearly ai generated”
“how long I wasted on this demo”
“the text cannot be scrolled through”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.