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Pith

a proxy that cuts LLM output tokens, and refuses when it can't

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#20 of 38 on Oct 22

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10

points · traction gained Oct 22, 11:26 UTC → Oct 22, 15:07 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 29, 10:32 UTC).

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listed Oct 22, 10:32 UTC

Traction (points) over time

011ListedOct 22, 11:26 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 1h after listingOct 22, 15:07 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 5h after listing
2 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
1points
Comments
0
Rank in INFR this week
#18of 37 HN
Rank overall this week
#502of 928 HN
Sector hit rate
11.4%4/35 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
1Oct 22, 11:26 UTC
Last reading
1Oct 22, 15:07 UTC
Readings
2over 5h

Launch-day race · #20 of 38 Show HN launches on 2026-10-22

  1. #18GitPushups, block your code if you don't do pushups during your workday2 points
  2. #19An open dataset of MCP tool definitions and every change to them1 points
  3. #20Pith1 points
  4. #21Continue a ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini chat in another free AI at the limit1 points
  5. #22A ClubElo-style Elo dataset for MLS, 1996–present1 points
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