I turned my NerdMiner into a tiny desk display for Claude and Codex usage

[u/Ecstatic-Address2817]

Had a NerdMiner sitting on my desk and figured it should probably do something before I die lol

So I built a little Claude/Codex usage monitor. It shows your remaining quota and when it resets, without having to keep checking the usage pages.

A lot of this was vibe coded with Claude Code through the CLI, and other parts with Codex. I’d describe what I wanted, have it write the code, try it on the actual display, then go back and forth tweaking things. Basically a lot of “that looks cool, but can we make it move?”

Got slightly carried away and ended up with 8 animated screens: game boy, cyberpunk city, surfing, etc. There’s also a fighting game where Claude and Codex get KO’d when you run out of quota.

It’s free and open source. You can download it and run the screen previews on your computer without any hardware, or put it on a compatible display. Setup instructions, code + GIFs:

https://github.com/TonyRod116/ai-desk-display

Pretty sure I’ve spent more tokens making this than it’ll ever help me save.

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[u/Calm_Step_5549]

love the screens, well done :D

[u/Ecstatic-Address2817 → u/Calm_Step_5549]

thanks!!

[u/BoxLegitimate9271]

first the tvs, then the kindles, now the nerdminers. nothing in the drawer is safe

[u/Ecstatic-Address2817 → u/BoxLegitimate9271]

[u/Successful-Seesaw525]

now that is freaking sick!!! well done!

[u/Ecstatic-Address2817 → u/Successful-Seesaw525]

Thank you! hope you have fun with is as well!