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Beat 47% of Show HN launches that day

#53 of 184 on Oct 27

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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, 13:18 UTC).

2

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

6d

listed Oct 27, 13:18 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012Oct 28Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedOct 27, 16:09 UTC · 2 points · 1 comments · 3h after listingOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 2 points · 1 comments · 27h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 2 points · 2 comments · 51h after listingOct 30, 16:20 UTC · 2 points · 2 comments · 75h after listingOct 31, 15:35 UTC · 2 points · 2 comments · 98h 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
2
Rank in INFR this week
#18of 58 HN
Rank overall this week
#295of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
6.0%3/50 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Oct 27, 16:09 UTC
Last reading
2Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Readings
5over 98h

Grades · each graded against other Data & Infrastructure launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 48% · vs 49 still-tracked Data & Infrastructure · Show HN launches

Velocity

C

0.04 points/h

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

Better than 53% · vs 174 Data & Infrastructure · Show HN launches, last 30 days

Engagement

—

—

Comments per 10 points

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

Staying Power

—

—

Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs

Launch-day race · #53 of 184 Show HN launches on 2026-10-27

  1. #51Give our AI coding runner a real task and watch it until merge2 points
  2. #52Valen2 points
  3. #53Which big sites block AI training crawlers but let AI search in2 points
  4. #54ssh zydra.sh, a GPU Linux desktop in your terminal, with Doom2 points
  5. #55Cordane2 points
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