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Beat 94% of Show HN launches that day
#6 of 109 on Nov 6
#1 of 3 Hardware & IoT launches on Show HN on Nov 6. 15.0% of Hardware & IoT launches (3 of 20) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Hardware & IoT →
points · traction gained Nov 11, 10:42 UTC → Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 144h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 6, 10:30 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 13points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in HDWR this week
- #2of 18 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #49of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 15.0%3/20 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 6, 17:32 UTC
- Last reading
- 13Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 144h
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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
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
- 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
- FarawayPhysically accurate solar system, time travel 1900–21005 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
A0.27 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 89% · vs 94 Hardware & IoT · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—0.8 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (13; need 20)
Staying Power
—6.5×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Too few peers to grade (13; need 20)
Launch-day race · #6 of 109 Show HN launches on 2026-11-06
- #4An open source webbluetooth and NFC browser for iOS15 points
- #5AegisKernel14 points
- #6Overhead13 points
- #7Tell the Sky6 points
- #8Hacker Living6 points
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