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Beat 89% of Show HN launches that day
#18 of 179 on Nov 11
#1 of 3 Hardware & IoT launches on Show HN on Nov 11. 15.0% of Hardware & IoT launches (3 of 20) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Hardware & IoT →
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 18, 12:17 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 11, 12:17 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 5points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in HDWR this week
- #5of 18 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #101of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 15.0%3/20 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 5Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Last reading
- 5Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 2over 46h
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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
More in Hardware & IoT · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos486 points▲ +6
- Overheadthe planes overhead, painted on an e-ink frame13 pointsfrozen
- CerulionROS 2-compatible robotics runtime with multi-process replay11 points▲ +11
- A fan-made GTA 6 radio wheel with 12 playable stations6 points0
- Ru-Jevan open model that scores caller-supplied options on CPU (MIT)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other Hardware & IoT launches from the same source
Momentum
—+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Too few peers to grade (15; need 20)
Velocity
A0.11 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 81% · vs 94 Hardware & IoT · 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
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #18 of 179 Show HN launches on 2026-11-11
- #16Spared5 points
- #17Perch by mxRaven, a self-hosted mailbox and CLI in 1 file5 points
- #18Faraway5 points
- #19Obeya, a spatial canvas for directing coding agents4 points
- #20Autonomous script testing 1.58M Harvard MPC orbits without Planet Nine4 points
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