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Strong launch
Beat 86% of Show HN launches that day
#14 of 112 on Nov 7
#1 of 3 Marketing & SEO launches on Show HN on Nov 7. 6.7% of Marketing & SEO launches (1 of 15) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Marketing & SEO →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 14, 18:17 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 7, 18:17 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 5points
- Comments
- 4
- Rank in MKTG this week
- #1of 14 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #101of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.7%1/15 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 5Nov 8, 12:36 UTC
- Last reading
- 5Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 136h
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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
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Grades · each graded against other Marketing & SEO launches from the same source
Momentum
—+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Too few peers to grade (11; need 20)
Velocity
A0.10 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 87% · vs 46 Marketing & SEO · 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 · #14 of 112 Show HN launches on 2026-11-07
- #12I taught my Fujifilm X-T30 II to print on an instax Link 3 over BLE5 points
- #13Ryph5 points
- #14We made a new theme to increase engagement on our website5 points
- #15I made a guardrail against AI outreach slop (API/MCP)5 points
- #16I declared war on every country, one at a time. 77 of 133 survived4 points
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