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Beat 94% of Show HN launches that day
#9 of 166 on Nov 2
#1 of 5 Hardware & IoT launches on Show HN on Nov 2. 15.0% of Hardware & IoT launches (3 of 20) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Hardware & IoT →
points · traction gained Nov 8, 12:36 UTC → Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 162h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 2, 16:08 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 21points
- Comments
- 14
- Rank in HDWR this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 15.0%3/20 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 17Nov 2, 19:58 UTC
- Last reading
- 21Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 162h
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Top on Nov 2 · 166 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1SubvocalTalk to your computer without making noise844 points
- #2WikihackHackerTube, but for Wikipedia articles mentioned on HN339 points
- #3Warsaw in voxelsAn interactive 3D map of the city centre325 points
- #4I've updated my Linux System Call website and API238 points
- #5HackerHackHackerBooks but for Posts Posted on HN185 points
More in Hardware & IoT · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos486 points▲ +6
- Overheadthe planes overhead, painted on an e-ink frame13 pointsfrozen
- CerulionROS 2-compatible robotics runtime with multi-process replay11 points▲ +11
- A fan-made GTA 6 radio wheel with 12 playable stations6 points0
- Ru-Jevan open model that scores caller-supplied options on CPU (MIT)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other Hardware & IoT 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
A0.44 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 91% · vs 94 Hardware & IoT · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—6.7 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (13; need 20)
Staying Power
—1.2×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Too few peers to grade (13; need 20)
Launch-day race · #9 of 166 Show HN launches on 2026-11-02
- #7The DNA of DOOM52 points
- #8PyWolf3D, a wolfenstein3D clone written from scratch in Python31 points
- #9VHS Camera21 points
- #10Hacker News but for comments posted on HN19 points
- #11Hnrepos.com, HackerTube for Repositories13 points
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