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Beat 83% of Show HN launches that day
#30 of 188 on Nov 3
#1 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 →
points · traction gained Nov 9, 10:27 UTC → Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 159h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 3, 19:30 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 5points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in HDWR this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 15.0%3/20 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 4Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 5Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 159h
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Top on Nov 3 · 188 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1HackerTVHN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels488 points
- #2Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News475 points
- #3Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie127 points
- #4KairosOpen-source risk and fraud decisioning platform107 points
- #5I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands72 points
More in Hardware & IoT · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos486 points▲ +6
- Overheadthe planes overhead, painted on an e-ink frame13 pointsfrozen
- CerulionROS 2-compatible robotics runtime with multi-process replay11 points▲ +11
- A fan-made GTA 6 radio wheel with 12 playable stations6 points0
- Ru-Jevan open model that scores caller-supplied options on CPU (MIT)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other Hardware & IoT 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
B0.10 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 79% · vs 94 Hardware & IoT · 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 · #30 of 188 Show HN launches on 2026-11-03
- #28Google Trends for Reddit5 points
- #29ZapFast, Native WhatsApp for Linux, macOS, and Windows with Calls5 points
- #30Confetti5 points
- #31DrawDB5 points
- #328 years of "Who's Hiring?" in charts (hiring boom, bust, and AI trends)4 points
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