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BraiNOTES, handwritten notes on your lecture PDFs in a browser tab

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350 (0.0%)

points · traction gained Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 18, 23:22 UTC).

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listed Oct 11, 23:22 UTC

Traction (points) over time

7 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction: 35points
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Rank in PROD this week: #1of 78 HN
Rank overall this week: #33of 993 HN
Sector hit rate: 2.6%2/76 · 7D
Traction line: Hit10+ points
First reading: 34Oct 12, 18:53 UTC
Last reading: 35Oct 17, 13:13 UTC
Readings: 7over 134h

Launch-day race · #3 of 112 Show HN launches on 2026-10-11

#1WallHop287 points
#2BetterWispr220 points
#3BraiNOTES, handwritten notes on your lecture PDFs in a browser tab35 points
#4Timur's Chess23 points
#5Plimsoll, a self-hosted sandbox for code your AI agent writes16 points

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Data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works