AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029)
Strong launch
Beat 79% of Show HN launches that day
#27 of 137 on Nov 9
#2 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
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 16, 10:57 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 9, 10:57 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 5points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in AITL this week
- #5of 47 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #101of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 7.5%3/40 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 5Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Last reading
- 5Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 4over 95h
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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
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- 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
- RemedyPrompt stuff out of your feeds5 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
A0.10 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 86% · 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 · #27 of 137 Show HN launches on 2026-11-09
- #25Traccia5 points
- #26SketchyCraft5 points
- #27AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029)5 points
- #28GerGit5 points
- #29Logcrux4 points
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