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Beat 32% of Show HN launches that day
#67 of 137 on Nov 9
#4 of 4 AI Tools & LLM Apps launches on Show HN on Nov 9. 7.5% of AI Tools & LLM Apps launches (3 of 40) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Tools & LLM Apps →
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 16, 03:30 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 9, 03:30 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in AITL this week
- #17of 47 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 7.5%3/40 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 5over 103h
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Top on Nov 9 · 137 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos486 points
- #2FlideMake Jev-like decision models up to 9.5x faster124 points
- #3DBDelveOpen-Source DB Client Made with Rust and GPUI124 points
- #4MeowDisplay Is iPhone Mirroring, but in Reverse120 points
- #5Someone Was HereFind out who used your Mac while you were away115 points
More in AI Tools & LLM Apps · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- AI Red Lineswrite down what would make you act on AI36 points▲ +36
- LLM weight editing tool made by a 15-year-old14 points0
- Airgap-checkfind what your AI app silently downloads offline11 points0
- TheoremSmithMass-Producing Hard Proof Problems to Train LLMs10 points0
- AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Tools & LLM Apps launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 49% · vs 41 still-tracked AI Tools & LLM Apps · Show HN launches
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 58% · vs 193 AI Tools & LLM Apps · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
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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 · #67 of 137 Show HN launches on 2026-11-09
- #65A diffusion model that runs in pure CSS, no JavaScript2 points
- #66Just Dashboard, an open-source VPS management dashboard2 points
- #67Mindfries- AI Interviewer based on real eng skill not on L**tC*de2 points
- #68NLP capabilities of Opus, Astra, Argon measured by Codenames skills2 points
- #69TabVault2 points
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