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BoardFlight, an arrive by time for your flight, not "2 hours early"

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Middle of the pack

Beat 47% of Show HN launches that day

#49 of 184 on Oct 27

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20

points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 3, 14:28 UTC).

1

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

6d

listed Oct 27, 14:28 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012Oct 28Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedOct 27, 16:09 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 2h after listingOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 2 points · 1 comments · 26h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 2 points · 1 comments · 50h after listingOct 30, 16:20 UTC · 2 points · 1 comments · 74h after listingOct 31, 15:35 UTC · 2 points · 1 comments · 97h after listing
5 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
2points
Comments
1
Rank in TRVL this week
#8of 19 HN
Rank overall this week
#295of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
5.3%1/19 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
1Oct 27, 16:09 UTC
Last reading
2Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Readings
5over 97h

Grades · each graded against other Travel & Lifestyle launches from the same source

Momentum

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+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Too few peers to grade (17; need 20)

Velocity

C

0.04 points/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 58% · vs 88 Travel & Lifestyle · Show HN launches, last 30 days

Engagement

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—

Comments per 10 points

Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise

Staying Power

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—

Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs

Launch-day race · #49 of 184 Show HN launches on 2026-10-27

  1. #47Dinemic2 points
  2. #48Carmen2 points
  3. #49BoardFlight, an arrive by time for your flight, not "2 hours early"2 points
  4. #50Bouncer, an MCP proxy that denies sends to addresses the agent read2 points
  5. #51Give our AI coding runner a real task and watch it until merge2 points
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Data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works