Retex, a Faster LaTeX Engine
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Strong launch
Beat 76% of Show HN launches that day
#20 of 112 on Nov 7
8.4% of Other launches (8 of 95) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Other →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 14, 10:23 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 7, 10:23 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in MISC this week
- #21of 99 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #204of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 8.4%8/95 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 144h
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Top on Nov 7 · 112 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller289 points
- #2We compressed a 31B video+audio diffusion model to 14B, 6 steps, INT884 points
- #3Where Were We58 points
- #4JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points
- #5An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm40 points
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- Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller289 points0
- Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View252 points▲ +5
- FlideMake Jev-like decision models up to 9.5x faster124 points0
- MeowDisplay Is iPhone Mirroring, but in Reverse120 points0
- MicronOberon with the Power of C66 points▲ +6
Grades · each graded against other Other launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 47% · vs 75 still-tracked Other · Show HN launches
Velocity
B0.06 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 68% · vs 377 Other · 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 · #20 of 112 Show HN launches on 2026-11-07
- #18Live songbook for guitarists4 points
- #19Hosted dashboard for small VPS fleets, outbound-only agent4 points
- #20Retex, a Faster LaTeX Engine3 points
- #21I built a food recall tracker with ML classification and email alerts3 points
- #22Agent Manager3 points
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