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Beat 95% of Show HN launches that day
#8 of 182 on Nov 5
#1 of 26 Developer Tools launches on Show HN on Nov 5. 6.4% of Developer Tools launches (10 of 156) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Developer Tools →
points · traction gained Nov 11, 10:42 UTC → Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 155h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 5, 23:18 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 11points
- Comments
- 4
- 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
- 10Nov 6, 17:32 UTC
- Last reading
- 11Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 155h
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Top on Nov 5 · 182 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1FirenookFirebase emulators in Rust: 40× faster writes, 10× less RAM176 points
- #2Rivet (YC W23)Scale and Orchestrate Agents on S3122 points
- #3Stroqa local audit of what your coding agent did and why96 points
- #4WaymarkA workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of replaying88 points
- #5Spindlea full-featured, type-safe web framework for OCaml 564 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
A0.23 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 93% · vs 672 Developer Tools · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
C3.6 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Better than 54% · vs 48 Developer Tools · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Staying Power
D1.1×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Better than 25% · vs 46 settled Developer Tools · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Launch-day race · #8 of 182 Show HN launches on 2026-11-05
- #6TubeHaus21 points
- #7Green tests are not proof15 points
- #8HackerRepos11 points
- #9Inference business simulator11 points
- #10I turned 18 Agatha Christie novels into SQL murder cases9 points
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