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Sphinx

A hook that quizzes you on your AI's code before shipping

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168+168IPO

points · since listing → Oct 18, 13:29 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 25, 04:33 UTC).

comments · buzz +50 in latest interval

10h

listed Oct 18, 04:33 UTC

Traction (points) over time

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

Key statistics

Traction: 168points
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Rank in DEVT this week: #1of 165 HN
Rank overall this week: #10of 991 HN
Sector hit rate: 9.3%14/151 · 7D
Traction line: Hit10+ points
First reading: 168Oct 18, 13:29 UTC
Last reading: 168Oct 18, 13:29 UTC
Readings: 1over 9h

Launch-day race · #1 of 33 Show HN launches on 2026-10-18

#1Sphinx168 points
#2500 clocks in one 6.3 MB HTML file by Opus 5.553 points
#3A forest's wildlife, synthesized live in Rust, playable in the browser5 points

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Data as of Oct 18, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works