Agreeable goat

ui/clock.go

@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ var bigColonBlink = []string{
 }
 
 // RenderBigClock renders the current time as massive ASCII block digits.
-// Format: HH:MM:SS in 24h. The colon blinks every second.
+// Format: HH:MM:SS in 24h. The colon blinks on a 500ms cycle (offset from
+// the second boundary so it doesn't flip in sync with the digits).
 func RenderBigClock(t time.Time) string {
 	h := t.Hour()
 	m := t.Minute()
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ func RenderBigClock(t time.Time) string {
 
 	timeStr := fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", h, m, s)
 
+	// Colon visible for first 500ms of each second, hidden for last 500ms.
+	colonVisible := t.UnixMilli()%1000 < 500
+
 	var lines [7]string
 	for i := range lines {
 		var parts []string
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ func RenderBigClock(t time.Time) string {
 			case ch >= '0' && ch <= '9':
 				parts = append(parts, bigDigits[ch-'0'][i])
 			case ch == ':':
-				if s%2 == 0 {
+				if colonVisible {
 					parts = append(parts, bigColon[i])
 				} else {
 					parts = append(parts, bigColonBlink[i])

ui/form.go

@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ func (f *formModel) save(m *Model) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	return *m, nil
 }
 
+const (
+	formLabelWidth = 14 // longest label is "Time (HH:MM):" = 13 + 1 padding
+	formValueWidth = 30
+	formHintWidth  = 32
+)
+
 func (f *formModel) View() string {
 	title := "Add Alarm"
 	if f.editing != nil {
@@ -180,19 +186,27 @@ func (f *formModel) View() string {
 	lines = append(lines, TitleStyle.Render(title), "")
 
 	for i := formField(0); i < fieldCount; i++ {
-		label := FormLabelStyle.Render(labels[i])
+		// Right-align labels in a fixed-width column
-		value := f.fields[i]
+		labelStr := fmt.Sprintf("%*s", formLabelWidth, labels[i])
-		hint := HelpStyle.Render(hints[i])
 
+		value := f.fields[i]
 		var style lipgloss.Style
 		if i == f.active {
 			style = FormActiveStyle
-			value += "█" // cursor
+			value += "█"
 		} else {
 			style = FormLabelStyle
 		}
 
-		line := fmt.Sprintf("  %s %s %s", label, style.Render(value), hint)
+		// Truncate from the left if too long, then pad to fixed width
+		if len(value) > formValueWidth {
+			value = value[len(value)-formValueWidth:]
+		}
+		valueStr := fmt.Sprintf("%-*s", formValueWidth, value)
+
+		hintStr := fmt.Sprintf("%-*s", formHintWidth, hints[i])
+
+		line := FormLabelStyle.Render(labelStr) + " " + style.Render(valueStr) + " " + HelpStyle.Render(hintStr)
 		lines = append(lines, line)
 	}
 

ui/model.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 )
 
 // View modes
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 // Messages
 type tickMsg time.Time
 type alarmFiredMsg scheduler.AlarmEvent
+type alarmsLoadedMsg []db.Alarm
 
 // Model is the main bubbletea model.
 type Model struct {
@@ -61,14 +63,14 @@ func NewModel(store *db.Store, sched *scheduler.Scheduler, pl *player.Player) Mo
 
 func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd {
 	return tea.Batch(
-		tickEverySecond(),
+		tickEveryHalfSecond(),
 		listenForAlarms(m.scheduler),
-		m.loadAlarms,
+		loadAlarmsCmd(m.store),
 	)
 }
 
-func tickEverySecond() tea.Cmd {
+func tickEveryHalfSecond() tea.Cmd {
-	return tea.Every(time.Second, func(t time.Time) tea.Msg {
+	return tea.Every(500*time.Millisecond, func(t time.Time) tea.Msg {
 		return tickMsg(t)
 	})
 }
@@ -80,13 +82,14 @@ func listenForAlarms(sched *scheduler.Scheduler) tea.Cmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *Model) loadAlarms() tea.Msg {
+func loadAlarmsCmd(store *db.Store) tea.Cmd {
-	alarms, err := m.store.ListAlarms()
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		alarms, err := store.ListAlarms()
 		if err != nil {
-		return nil
+			return alarmsLoadedMsg(nil)
+		}
+		return alarmsLoadedMsg(alarms)
 	}
-	m.alarms = alarms
-	return nil
 }
 
 func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
@@ -96,12 +99,18 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.height = msg.Height
 		return m, nil
 
+	case alarmsLoadedMsg:
+		if msg != nil {
+			m.alarms = []db.Alarm(msg)
+		}
+		return m, nil
+
 	case tickMsg:
 		m.now = time.Time(msg)
 		if m.firingAlarm != nil {
 			m.firingBlink = !m.firingBlink
 		}
-		return m, tickEverySecond()
+		return m, tickEveryHalfSecond()
 
 	case alarmFiredMsg:
 		alarm := msg.Alarm
@@ -284,37 +293,64 @@ func (m Model) View() string {
 	help := m.renderHelp()
 	sections = append(sections, "", lipgloss.PlaceHorizontal(m.width, lipgloss.Center, help))
 
-	return lipgloss.Place(m.width, m.height, lipgloss.Center, lipgloss.Top,
+	return lipgloss.Place(m.width, m.height, lipgloss.Center, lipgloss.Center,
 		strings.Join(sections, "\n"),
 	)
 }
 
+const (
+	alarmColPrefix  = 6  // "▸ ● " = 4 display cols + 2 padding
+	alarmColTrigger = 18 // enough for cron like "30 7 * * 1-5"
+	alarmColName    = 22
+)
+
+// padRight pads s to exactly width display columns using runewidth.
+func padRight(s string, width int) string {
+	w := runewidth.StringWidth(s)
+	if w >= width {
+		return runewidth.Truncate(s, width, "…")
+	}
+	return s + strings.Repeat(" ", width-w)
+}
+
 func (m Model) renderAlarmList() string {
 	if len(m.alarms) == 0 {
 		return StatusStyle.Render("No alarms. Press 'a' to add one.")
 	}
 
 	title := TitleStyle.Render("Alarms")
+
+	// Header — prefix padded to same display width as row prefixes
+	header := padRight("", alarmColPrefix) +
+		padRight("Time/Trigger", alarmColTrigger) +
+		padRight("Name", alarmColName) +
+		"Description"
+
 	var lines []string
 	lines = append(lines, title, "")
+	lines = append(lines, DividerStyle.Render(header))
 
 	for i, a := range m.alarms {
-		cursor := "  "
+		var prefix string
 		if i == m.cursor {
-			cursor = "▸ "
+			prefix = "▸ "
+		} else {
+			prefix = "  "
 		}
 
-		status := "●"
-		var style lipgloss.Style
 		if a.Enabled {
+			prefix += "● "
+		} else {
+			prefix += "○ "
+		}
+
+		var style lipgloss.Style
+		if i == m.cursor {
+			style = AlarmSelectedStyle
+		} else if a.Enabled {
 			style = AlarmEnabledStyle
 		} else {
 			style = AlarmDisabledStyle
-			status = "○"
-		}
-
-		if i == m.cursor {
-			style = AlarmSelectedStyle
 		}
 
 		trigger := a.Time
@@ -322,7 +358,11 @@ func (m Model) renderAlarmList() string {
 			trigger = a.Trigger
 		}
 
-		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s %s  %-20s  %s", cursor, status, trigger, a.Name, a.Description)
+		line := padRight(prefix, alarmColPrefix) +
+			padRight(trigger, alarmColTrigger) +
+			padRight(a.Name, alarmColName) +
+			a.Description
+
 		lines = append(lines, style.Render(line))
 	}