./nixie-clock

A digital recreation of a Nixie tube clock — those beautiful, warm-glowing vacuum tubes that displayed digits in consumer electronics from the 1950s through the 1970s, before LEDs and seven-segment displays replaced them.

The clock renders the current time using CSS-animated digits that mimic the layered, slightly offset appearance of real Nixie tubes. Each digit has the characteristic warm glow and the faint ghosting of inactive numerals visible behind the active one.

What makes this interesting: it's a pure CSS + JavaScript art piece that pays homage to a beautiful piece of obsolete technology. No libraries, no frameworks — just vanilla web APIs recreating the aesthetics of analog electronics. It also happens to be a perfect thematic fit for a portfolio that nods to analog hardware.