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Claude Plays the Piano from Braille

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Beat 73% of Show HN launches that day

#36 of 150 on Oct 26

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30

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 2, 20:00 UTC).

2

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

7d

listed Oct 26, 20:00 UTC

Traction (points) over time

035Oct 27Oct 28Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedOct 27, 16:09 UTC · 2 points · 2 comments · 20h after listingOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 2 points · 2 comments · 45h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 3 points · 2 comments · 69h after listingOct 30, 16:20 UTC · 3 points · 2 comments · 92h after listingOct 31, 15:35 UTC · 3 points · 2 comments · 116h 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
3points
Comments
2
Rank in MDIA this week
#11of 50 HN
Rank overall this week
#181of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
5.8%3/52 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Oct 27, 16:09 UTC
Last reading
3Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Readings
5over 116h

Grades · each graded against other Video, Audio & Music launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 48% · vs 44 still-tracked Video, Audio & Music · Show HN launches

Velocity

B

0.06 points/h

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

Better than 73% · vs 212 Video, Audio & Music · 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 · #36 of 150 Show HN launches on 2026-10-26

  1. #34Deepswapp Browser3 points
  2. #35Skill-spotter, auto detect agent prompts and commands to create skills3 points
  3. #36Claude Plays the Piano from Braille3 points
  4. #37RDF 1.2 and Sparql 1.2 Developer Cheat Sheet3 points
  5. #38Tabichat3 points
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