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Studio 3e8

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Beat 93% of Show HN launches that day

#10 of 157 on Oct 28

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8+4

points · traction gained Oct 28, 16:45 UTC → Oct 29, 16:38 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Traction frozen — tracking ended at 26h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.

2

comments

5d

listed Oct 28, 14:48 UTC

Traction (points) over time

0510Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedTracking endedNo readings after tracking ended; traction stays at the last recorded valueOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 4 points · 0 comments · 2h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 8 points · 2 comments · 26h after listing
2 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
8points
Comments
2
Rank in HDWR this week
#3of 23 HN
Rank overall this week
#69of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
9.5%2/21 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
4Oct 28, 16:45 UTC
Last reading
8Oct 29, 16:38 UTC
Readings
2over 26h

Grades · each graded against other Hardware & IoT launches from the same source

Momentum

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Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain

Velocity

A

0.17 points/h

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

Better than 86% · vs 88 Hardware & IoT · 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

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