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Beat 96% of Show HN launches that day
#6 of 181 on Nov 12
#1 of 8 AI Tools & LLM Apps launches on Show HN on Nov 12. 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 · since listing → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 19, 14:31 UTC).
comments · buzz +30 in latest interval
listed Nov 12, 14:31 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 36points
- Comments
- 30
- Rank in AITL this week
- #1of 47 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #31of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 7.5%3/40 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 36Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Last reading
- 36Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 20h
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Top on Nov 12 · 181 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app516 points
- #2AgentRunopen-source, Self-improving Managed Agents103 points
- #3Fable52.gamesPlay and inspect Fable 5.2 single-file HTML games68 points
- #4KapsoIterative learning from enterprise data45 points
- #5Apron Chat Protocol44 points
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- Airgap-checkfind what your AI app silently downloads offline11 points0
- TheoremSmithMass-Producing Hard Proof Problems to Train LLMs10 points0
- AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029)5 points0
- RemedyPrompt stuff out of your feeds5 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Tools & LLM Apps 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
A1.91 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 98% · vs 193 AI Tools & LLM Apps · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—8.3 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (11; need 20)
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #6 of 181 Show HN launches on 2026-11-12
- #4Kapso45 points
- #5Apron Chat Protocol44 points
- #6AI Red Lines36 points
- #7RealtimeVAD23 points
- #8A self-hosted PHP platform combining CMS, e-commerce and more, built-in13 points
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