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Beat 90% of Show HN launches that day
#9 of 96 on Nov 8
#2 of 15 AI Agents launches on Show HN on Nov 8. 4.7% of AI Agents launches (8 of 172) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Agents →
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 15, 18:17 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 8, 18:17 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 8points
- Comments
- 4
- Rank in AGNT this week
- #12of 174 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #70of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 4.7%8/172 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 8Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
- Last reading
- 8Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 5over 112h
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Top on Nov 8 · 96 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Ghanaian street games you can play in the browser115 points
- #2MicronOberon with the Power of C66 points
- #3Build a PC in 3D in the Browser55 points
- #4RecalcSpreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals37 points
- #5MapleSub-2-BPW Moe Pruning to Run Gemma 4 26B at 45 TPS on a 6GB GPU21 points
More in AI Agents · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives439 points▲ +10
- AgentRunopen-source, Self-improving Managed Agents103 points▲ +103
- Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)83 points▲ +4
- Pomerado (YC F26)Turn any website into an MCP for agents61 points▲ +6
- RecalcSpreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals37 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Agents launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 48% · vs 136 still-tracked AI Agents · Show HN launches
Velocity
A0.17 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 93% · vs 746 AI Agents · 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 · #9 of 96 Show HN launches on 2026-11-08
- #7SafeScript, a safe version of JavaScript for executing untrusted code12 points
- #8Notekpr9 points
- #9Recto8 points
- #10Email-like interface to review, decide, and annotate agent work7 points
- #11Remedy5 points
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