A decent text-to-image model trained for ~$20K (Apache 2.0 Weights)
Breakout launch
Beat 99% of Show HN launches that day
#1 of 164 on Nov 4
#1 of 6 Design & Images launches on Show HN on Nov 4. 10.7% of Design & Images launches (3 of 28) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Design & Images →
points · traction gained Nov 10, 10:45 UTC → Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 162h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 4, 16:45 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 286points
- Comments
- 30
- Rank in DSGN this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 10.7%3/28 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 286Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Readings
- 8over 162h
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Top on Nov 4 · 164 Show HN launches that day, by 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
- #6Codemapone-page interactive map of any Go repository45 points
More in Design & Images · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- 3D to 2D, point clouds flattening (geometry images)24 points▲ +4
- Logo DealLogos anyone can edit with text10 points0
- DRS-VPT. Localize a photo in a 3D point cloud without an initial pose9 points▲ +9
- SketchyCraftTimed drawing sessions and a visual progress calendar5 points0
- Browser-based PDF and image tools that never upload your files4 points0
Grades · each graded against other Design & Images 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
A5.96 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 100% · vs 112 Design & Images · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—1.0 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (8; need 20)
Staying Power
—143.0×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Too few peers to grade (9; need 20)
Launch-day race · #1 of 164 Show HN launches on 2026-11-04
- #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
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