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Beat 89% of Show HN launches that day
#9 of 92 on Oct 31
#2 of 12 AI Agents launches on Show HN on Oct 31. 4.7% of AI Agents launches (8 of 172) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Agents →
points · traction gained Nov 6, 17:32 UTC → Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 160h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Oct 31, 21:39 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 5points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in AGNT this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 4.7%8/172 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 5Nov 1, 16:17 UTC
- Last reading
- 5Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 160h
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Top on Oct 31 · 92 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1A language model that lives in a boot sector109 points
- #2I rebuilt my old canvas 3D library as a small WebGL 2 libraryphoria2107 points
- #3NES Contra (1987) port (ASM –> C and then C –> WebAssembly)93 points
- #4A USB-C LTE modem that gives my computer a phone line62 points
- #5Quit everything to make one website20 points
More in AI Agents · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives439 points▲ +10
- AgentRunopen-source, Self-improving Managed Agents103 points▲ +103
- Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)83 points▲ +4
- Pomerado (YC F26)Turn any website into an MCP for agents61 points▲ +6
- RecalcSpreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals37 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Agents launches from the same source
Momentum
——
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
A0.10 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 87% · vs 746 AI Agents · 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 · #9 of 92 Show HN launches on 2026-10-31
- #7Haris list jobs board for agents11 points
- #8Agent-arcade6 points
- #9Winch5 points
- #10I made a game about the 3k-year evolution of Chinese characters5 points
- #11CodeConnect4 points
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