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Beat 81% of Show HN launches that day

#8 of 69 on Oct 21

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points · since listing → Oct 21, 15:22 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 28, 12:40 UTC).

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listed Oct 21, 12:40 UTC

Traction (points) over time

035ListedOct 21, 15:22 UTC · 3 points · 2 comments · 3h after listing
1 reading (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
3points
Comments
Rank in DEVT this week
#34of 161 HN
Rank overall this week
#194of 944 HN
Sector hit rate
10.5%17/162 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
3Oct 21, 15:22 UTC
Last reading
3Oct 21, 15:22 UTC
Readings
1over 3h

Launch-day race · #8 of 69 Show HN launches on 2026-10-21

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  2. #7Sumi.css3 points
  3. #8Grass3 points
  4. #9Timeminator3 points
  5. #10I spent two days building this online multiplayer game with Claude Code3 points
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