Multi-Layer ASCII Art
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Breakout launch
Beat 95% of Show HN launches that day
#5 of 110 on Nov 1
#2 of 4 Design & Images launches on Show HN on Nov 1. 10.7% of Design & Images launches (3 of 28) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Design & Images →
points · traction gained Nov 6, 17:32 UTC → Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 153h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 1, 05:11 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 7points
- Comments
- 2
- Rank in DSGN this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 10.7%3/28 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 1, 16:17 UTC
- Last reading
- 7Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 153h
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Top on Nov 1 · 110 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1HackerBooksHackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN1,868 points
- #2OmniDiffOpensource, super fast, content aware Git difftool, in Rust320 points
- #3BBRouterBen Eater's 8-bit computer, simulated on 3D breadboards58 points
- #4Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment13 points
- #6Jika self-hosted language using region-based memory management6 points
More in Design & Images · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- 3D to 2D, point clouds flattening (geometry images)24 points▲ +4
- Logo DealLogos anyone can edit with text10 points0
- DRS-VPT. Localize a photo in a 3D point cloud without an initial pose9 points▲ +9
- SketchyCraftTimed drawing sessions and a visual progress calendar5 points0
- Browser-based PDF and image tools that never upload your files4 points0
Grades · each graded against other Design & Images 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
A0.15 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 91% · vs 112 Design & Images · 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 · #5 of 110 Show HN launches on 2026-11-01
- #3BBRouter58 points
- #4Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment13 points
- #5Multi-Layer ASCII Art7 points
- #6Jik6 points
- #7Hacker News6 points
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works