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Beat 53% of Show HN launches that day

#65 of 182 on Oct 22

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points · since listing → Oct 23, 14:50 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 29, 21:36 UTC).

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listed Oct 22, 21:36 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012Oct 23ListedOct 23, 14:50 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 17h 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
2points
Comments
0
Rank in DEVT this week
#51of 159 HN
Rank overall this week
#285of 953 HN
Sector hit rate
7.5%12/161 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Oct 23, 14:50 UTC
Last reading
2Oct 23, 14:50 UTC
Readings
1over 17h

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