AI Frothiness Index. Daily reading of how stretched the AI boom is
Middle of the pack
Beat 45% of Show HN launches that day
#55 of 198 on Nov 10
#2 of 5 Writing & Content launches on Show HN on Nov 10. 6.3% of Writing & Content launches (2 of 32) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Writing & Content →
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 17, 03:13 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 10, 03:13 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in WRIT this week
- #10of 26 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.3%2/32 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 4over 79h
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Top on Nov 10 · 198 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives439 points
- #2Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View252 points
- #3A 15 MB self-hosted Netflix and Spotify for your media server168 points
- #4AircadProfessional drafting and 3D modeling in the browser90 points
- #5I have trained 15 blood glucose forecasting models on my own data20 points
More in Writing & Content · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- STE80 Humanizerde-AI text by writing 80% of the way to ASD-STE100112 points▲ +1
- JotSelect text anywhere on macOS, tap Shift twice, get Markdown9 points0
- ClingonMarkdown cheatsheets that run in your real shell4 points0
- TrueDateFilter searches to pre-2023 and detect fake article dates4 points0
- UpvotedUp First but with HN stories3 points0
Grades · each graded against other Writing & Content launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 48% · vs 24 still-tracked Writing & Content · Show HN launches
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 49% · vs 121 Writing & Content · 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 · #55 of 198 Show HN launches on 2026-11-10
- #53Desires2 points
- #543D Conformal Transformations via Geometric Algebra2 points
- #55AI Frothiness Index. Daily reading of how stretched the AI boom is2 points
- #56BetterMan2 points
- #57Blabla Meter2 points
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