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Beat 95% of Show HN launches that day
#7 of 164 on Nov 4
#3 of 31 Developer Tools launches on Show HN on Nov 4. 6.4% of Developer Tools launches (10 of 156) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Developer Tools →
points · traction gained Nov 10, 10:45 UTC → Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 158h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 4, 20:31 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 43points
- Comments
- 10
- Rank in DEVT this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 6.4%10/156 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 1Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 43Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Readings
- 8over 158h
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Top on Nov 4 · 164 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1A decent text-to-image model trained for ~$20K (Apache 2.0 Weights)286 points
- #2After a decade of reversing, I got co-op working in DOS Wing Commander256 points
- #3Vegetable Gardening for Engineers217 points
- #4I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part122 points
- #5Kino AI (YC S23)AI media manager and video editor112 points
More in Developer Tools · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- DBDelveOpen-Source DB Client Made with Rust and GPUI124 points0
- Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)104 points▲ +2
- JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points0
- CloneGuardScan a repo for credential-stealing tricks before it runs31 points0
- Write GitHub Actions in any languageLoopt15 points0
Grades · each graded against other Developer Tools 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
A0.90 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 96% · vs 672 Developer Tools · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
D2.3 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Better than 32% · vs 48 Developer Tools · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Staying Power
A43.0×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Better than 87% · vs 46 settled Developer Tools · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Launch-day race · #7 of 164 Show HN launches on 2026-11-04
- #5Kino AI (YC S23)112 points
- #6Codemap45 points
- #7Gauge43 points
- #8GPUWorks30 points
- #9My compact, bio inspired distributed edge detection algorithm28 points
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