Autonomous script testing 1.58M Harvard MPC orbits without Planet Nine
Strong launch
Beat 77% of Show HN launches that day
#20 of 179 on Nov 11
#5 of 20 Developer Tools launches on Show HN on Nov 11. 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 18, 05:50 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 11, 05:50 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 4points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in DEVT this week
- #17of 160 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #137of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.4%10/156 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Last reading
- 4Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 3over 53h
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Top on Nov 11 · 179 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1YogurtFree, private, open-source alternative to Granola290 points
- #2I recreated Papers Please but you're deciding which YC startups to fund239 points
- #3Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS149 points
- #4Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)104 points
- #5Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)83 points
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- DBDelveOpen-Source DB Client Made with Rust and GPUI124 points0
- Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)104 points▲ +2
- JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points0
- CloneGuardScan a repo for credential-stealing tricks before it runs31 points0
- Write GitHub Actions in any languageLoopt15 points0
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
A0.08 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 81% · vs 672 Developer Tools · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #20 of 179 Show HN launches on 2026-11-11
- #18Faraway5 points
- #19Obeya, a spatial canvas for directing coding agents4 points
- #20Autonomous script testing 1.58M Harvard MPC orbits without Planet Nine4 points
- #21Buy the whole stock market in one cheap fund and get on with your life4 points
- #22Crayon, the web's first personalized newspaper (1995), relaunched4 points
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