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Middle of the pack
Beat 51% of Show HN launches that day
#39 of 112 on Nov 7
15.0% of Hardware & IoT launches (3 of 20) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Hardware & IoT →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 14, 22:41 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 7, 22:41 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in HDWR this week
- #8of 18 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 15.0%3/20 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 8, 12:36 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 132h
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Top on Nov 7 · 112 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller289 points
- #2We compressed a 31B video+audio diffusion model to 14B, 6 steps, INT884 points
- #3Where Were We58 points
- #4JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points
- #5An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm40 points
More in Hardware & IoT · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos486 points▲ +6
- Overheadthe planes overhead, painted on an e-ink frame13 pointsfrozen
- CerulionROS 2-compatible robotics runtime with multi-process replay11 points▲ +11
- A fan-made GTA 6 radio wheel with 12 playable stations6 points0
- Ru-Jevan open model that scores caller-supplied options on CPU (MIT)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other Hardware & IoT launches from the same source
Momentum
—+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Too few peers to grade (15; need 20)
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 45% · vs 94 Hardware & IoT · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #39 of 112 Show HN launches on 2026-11-07
- #37Sentient, Your Coding Agent Shouldn't Be a Black Box2 points
- #38SF Title Alert2 points
- #39Yahtzee2 points
- #40Models[.]Dev Index on a Globe2 points
- #41R-eyesy2 points
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