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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 27, 15:10 UTC).
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listed Oct 20, 15:10 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 62points
- Comments
- Rank in EDUC this week
- #1of 19 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #22of 944 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 5.3%1/19 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 62Oct 21, 15:22 UTC
- Last reading
- 62Oct 21, 15:22 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 24h
Launch-day race · #5 of 186 Show HN launches on 2026-10-20
- #3Death Plan Switch, a self-hosted dead man's switch for solo devs101 points
- #4Jev Cards, Can you beat a vision model at a picture quiz?66 points
- #5Penmentor62 points
- #6Respan (YC W24)51 points
- #7Clerkenwell26 points
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Data as of Oct 21, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works