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Breakout launch
Beat 93% of Show HN launches that day
#7 of 110 on Nov 1
#2 of 2 Writing & Content launches on Show HN on Nov 1. 6.3% of Writing & Content launches (2 of 32) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Writing & Content →
points · traction gained Nov 7, 13:58 UTC → Nov 8, 12:36 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 163h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 1, 17:53 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 6points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in WRIT this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 6.3%2/32 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 4Nov 2, 19:58 UTC
- Last reading
- 6Nov 8, 12:36 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 163h
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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
- #5Multi-Layer ASCII Art7 points
More in Writing & Content · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- STE80 Humanizerde-AI text by writing 80% of the way to ASD-STE100112 points▲ +1
- JotSelect text anywhere on macOS, tap Shift twice, get Markdown9 points0
- ClingonMarkdown cheatsheets that run in your real shell4 points0
- TrueDateFilter searches to pre-2023 and detect fake article dates4 points0
- UpvotedUp First but with HN stories3 points0
Grades · each graded against other Writing & Content 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
A0.13 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 85% · vs 121 Writing & Content · 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 · #7 of 110 Show HN launches on 2026-11-01
- #5Multi-Layer ASCII Art7 points
- #6Jik6 points
- #7Hacker News6 points
- #8Breath of the Wild's Hyrule digital diorama5 points
- #9Egres, A Postgres-compatible database for heavy, multi-tenant workloads5 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