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Middle of the pack
Beat 52% of Show HN launches that day
#8 of 21 on Nov 14
6.5% of Developer Tools launches (10 of 154) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Developer Tools →
points · since listing → Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 21, 06:30 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 14, 06:30 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in DEVT this week
- #29of 159 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #198of 1,043 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.5%10/154 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 4h
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Top on Nov 14 · 21 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Light control for MacBook charger status light (open-source)16 points
- #2Open-Source Version of CyclonPhone where AI is the interface?6 points
- #3XdocHigh-fidelity Offline PPTX viewer and pdf converter6 points
- #4Portal2BenchCan AI agents solve Portal 2?5 points
- #5Gamma PDFAI-native PDF reader, self-hosted4 points
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- Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)104 points0
- Write GitHub Actions in any languageLoopt15 points0
- ThingStudio, Node-RED style programming for microcontrollers15 points0
- SafeScript, a safe version of JavaScript for executing untrusted code12 points0
Grades · each graded against other Developer Tools 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
——
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 · #8 of 21 Show HN launches on 2026-11-14
- #6RemoteKu4 points
- #7Memro4 points
- #8Free Dictionary API3 points
- #9EDNA3 points
- #10Geocode the planet(630M addresses), indexed in 5h on a 9 GB RAM budget3 points
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