NASA's Swift telescope's 22 years in orbit, rebuilt from its archive
Strong launch
Beat 83% of Show HN launches that day
#9 of 109 on Nov 6
#2 of 12 Developer Tools launches on Show HN on Nov 6. 6.4% of Developer Tools launches (10 of 156) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Developer Tools →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 13, 16:07 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 6, 16:07 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 5points
- Comments
- 4
- Rank in DEVT this week
- #10of 160 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #101of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.4%10/156 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 1Nov 6, 17:32 UTC
- Last reading
- 5Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 8over 162h
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Top on Nov 6 · 109 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1CloneGuardScan a repo for credential-stealing tricks before it runs31 points
- #2Agents infer Lego mechanisms from sources, then animate them31 points
- #3Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents25 points
- #4An open source webbluetooth and NFC browser for iOS15 points
- #5AegisKernelZero-trust POSIX runtime for AI agents in <0.016ms14 points
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- JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points0
- CloneGuardScan a repo for credential-stealing tricks before it runs31 points0
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Grades · each graded against other Developer Tools launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 47% · vs 132 still-tracked Developer Tools · Show HN launches
Velocity
A0.10 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 86% · vs 672 Developer Tools · 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 · #9 of 109 Show HN launches on 2026-11-06
- #7Tell the Sky6 points
- #8Hacker Living6 points
- #9NASA's Swift telescope's 22 years in orbit, rebuilt from its archive5 points
- #10Ueddit.com5 points
- #11Rindraw5 points
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