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Negative Space

Startup ideas from the gaps between YC companies

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Middle of the pack

Beat 49% of Show HN launches that day

#61 of 188 on Nov 3

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#3 of 5 Hardware & IoT launches on Show HN on Nov 3. 15.0% of Hardware & IoT launches (3 of 20) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Hardware & IoT →

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points · traction gained Nov 9, 10:27 UTC → Nov 10, 10:45 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Traction frozen — tracking ended at 162h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.

0

comments

9d

listed Nov 3, 16:26 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12ListedTracking endedNo readings after tracking ended; traction stays at the last recorded valueNov 4, 21:23 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 29h after listingNov 5, 18:13 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 50h after listingNov 6, 17:32 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 73h after listingNov 7, 13:58 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 94h after listingNov 8, 12:36 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 116h after listingNov 9, 10:27 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 138h after listingNov 10, 10:45 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 162h after listing
7 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
2points
Comments
0
Rank in HDWR this week
—not listed in the last 7 days
Rank overall this week
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Sector hit rate
15.0%3/20 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
Last reading
2Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
Readings
7over 162h

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Grades · each graded against other Hardware & IoT 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

C

0.04 points/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 45% · vs 94 Hardware & IoT · Show HN launches, last 30 days

Engagement

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Comments per 10 points

Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise

Staying Power

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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs

Launch-day race · #61 of 188 Show HN launches on 2026-11-03

  1. #59Ads-Boy2 points
  2. #60Speedrunner2 points
  3. #61Negative Space2 points
  4. #62Ramen Profitable, a browser game about bootstrapping a SaaS2 points
  5. #63I built Knemora2 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