FoilGateway–Linux firewall gateway with telemetry blocking (2×Ethernet)
Middle of the pack
Beat 51% of Show HN launches that day
#49 of 112 on Nov 7
#1 of 2 Security & Privacy launches on Show HN on Nov 7. 0.0% of Security & Privacy launches (0 of 30) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Security & Privacy →
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, 17:10 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 7, 17:10 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in SECR this week
- #4of 26 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 0.0%0/30 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 8, 12:36 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 137h
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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 Security & Privacy launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 50% · vs 23 still-tracked Security & Privacy · Show HN launches
Velocity
B0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 60% · vs 126 Security & Privacy · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #49 of 112 Show HN launches on 2026-11-07
- #47Digdeep.fyi2 points
- #48I mapped all known crypto scams2 points
- #49FoilGateway–Linux firewall gateway with telemetry blocking (2×Ethernet)2 points
- #50Trailback2 points
- #51Let Claude write FL Studio projects by editing the .flp file directly2 points
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