Rat Race (After Dark, 1994), ported from 68k assembly to TypeScript
Middle of the pack
Beat 45% of Show HN launches that day
#59 of 198 on Nov 10
#9 of 37 Developer Tools launches on Show HN on Nov 10. 6.4% of Developer Tools launches (10 of 156) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Developer Tools →
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, 00:05 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 10, 00:05 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in DEVT this week
- #55of 160 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.4%10/156 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 4over 82h
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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
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- JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points0
- CloneGuardScan a repo for credential-stealing tricks before it runs31 points0
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Grades · each graded against other Developer Tools launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 47% · vs 132 still-tracked Developer Tools · Show HN launches
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 52% · vs 672 Developer Tools · 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 · #59 of 198 Show HN launches on 2026-11-10
- #57Blabla Meter2 points
- #58FormaNest, Lay out a room in 3D in the browser and share it as a link2 points
- #59Rat Race (After Dark, 1994), ported from 68k assembly to TypeScript2 points
- #60Cinnamon AI2 points
- #61Python tool using torus math to audit duplex DNA against NCBI2 points
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