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votes · traction gained Oct 14, 14:36 UTC → Oct 15, 14:14 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Traction frozen — tracking ended at 31h after listing. Product Hunt votes are re-read for ~48h (with one daily run, the last reading lands ~31–36h in).

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listed Oct 14, 07:01 UTC

Traction (votes) over time

2 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction: 1votes
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Rank in HDWR this week: #28of 88 PH
Rank overall this week: #2,247of 6,714 PH
Sector hit rate: 5.1%4/79 · 7D
Traction line: Below10+ votes
First reading: 0Oct 14, 14:36 UTC
Last reading: 1Oct 15, 14:14 UTC
Readings: 2over 31h

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