AI-drop project
drop traffic fast from misbehaving crawlers (AGPL)
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Beat 36% of Show HN launches that day
#21 of 47 on Nov 13
#1 of 3 Data & Infrastructure launches on Show HN on Nov 13. 12.2% of Data & Infrastructure launches (6 of 49) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Data & Infrastructure →
points · since listing → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 20, 08:05 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 13, 08:05 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in INFR this week
- #14of 47 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 12.2%6/49 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 2h
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Top on Nov 13 · 47 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1I built a Rick and Morty explainer video generator11 points
- #2PharmA2A, an open protocol for pharmacy-to-supplier orders on A2A8 points
- #3KittyBrowser, I built a web browser in your terminal5 points
- #4UmsfuseFUSE driver and tools for UMSDOS4 points
- #5As IrfanView isn't on Linux, I've vibe-coded my own image viewer4 points
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- A 15 MB self-hosted Netflix and Spotify for your media server168 points▲ +1
- I created a library for correctly using SQLite in Go programs23 points▲ +2
- MapleSub-2-BPW Moe Pruning to Run Gemma 4 26B at 45 TPS on a 6GB GPU21 points0
- Daily GPU Rental Prices Across AWS, Azure, RunPod and Vast.ai15 points0
- Pgxioa tiny PostgreSQL layer inside Nginx10 points0
Grades · each graded against other Data & Infrastructure launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Listed in the latest interval; no earlier reading to compare
Velocity
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Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Listed under 6h ago; too early to measure
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
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #21 of 47 Show HN launches on 2026-11-13
- #19Receipts2 points
- #20Ultra-Low Latency C++23 HFT Engine and Lock-Free Ring Buffers2 points
- #21AI-drop project2 points
- #22Trip Analytics and Telemetry Dashboard for BYD DiLink 3 and 5 Vehicles2 points
- #23Talgent Workbench2 points
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