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Cathode, a Gtk4 YouTube player based on mpv and yt-dlp

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#4 of 38 on Oct 22

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points · since listing → Oct 22, 11:26 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 29, 02:26 UTC).

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listed Oct 22, 02:26 UTC

Traction (points) over time

035ListedOct 22, 11:26 UTC · 4 points · 0 comments · 9h 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
4points
Comments
0
Rank in MDIA this week
#8of 57 HN
Rank overall this week
#131of 928 HN
Sector hit rate
12.5%7/56 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
4Oct 22, 11:26 UTC
Last reading
4Oct 22, 11:26 UTC
Readings
1over 9h

Launch-day race · #4 of 38 Show HN launches on 2026-10-22

  1. #2The Internet Is on Fire5 points
  2. #3Twine is a meta-harness with workflows, cross-agent memories and traces5 points
  3. #4Cathode, a Gtk4 YouTube player based on mpv and yt-dlp4 points
  4. #5Tinytowns, a small model to generate realistic sounding town names3 points
  5. #6TenseMem3 points
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