A browser app that controls my bike trainer over Bluetooth
Middle of the pack
Beat 48% of Show HN launches that day
#58 of 175 on Oct 29
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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 5, 14:27 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Oct 29, 14:27 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in HDWR this week
- #12of 23 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #295of 998 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 9.5%2/21 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Oct 29, 16:38 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
- Readings
- 3over 49h
Grades · each graded against other Hardware & IoT launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 43% · vs 21 still-tracked Hardware & IoT · Show HN launches
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 48% · vs 88 Hardware & IoT · 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 · #58 of 175 Show HN launches on 2026-10-29
- #56Overheard2 points
- #57AWS China-A Control Tower Clone and a Multi-Account Compliance Baseline2 points
- #58A browser app that controls my bike trainer over Bluetooth2 points
- #59Mock Magic2 points
- #60MCP bridge for chat between OpenCode and Claude Code sessions2 points
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