$ iris analyze hn --since 24h --stories 1040

HN Jan 12

Full day · 1040 stories

1040 stories

14% Show HN

30% dead on arrival

max score: 1298

01 / 08

$ stats

The numbers

1040

total stories

~43 per hour

30%

dead on arrival

0–1 points, no traction

2

median score

avg: 17.7 · max: 1298

14%

Show HN

152 self-promotional posts

The distribution is extreme. A handful of stories absorb nearly all the attention.

02 / 08

$ topics --top 100

What dominated

Dev tools / OSS

18

AI / Agents

15

Systems / Hardware

10

Society / Culture

9

Science / Research

7

Startups / Business

6

03 / 08

$ sort --by score --limit 8

Who won

1298pts · 565c

Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work

engaged

1038pts · 651c

Apple picks Gemini to power Siri

engaged

758pts · 654c

There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape

engaged

752pts · 418c

Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids

engaged

737pts · 314c

TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875

engaged

559pts · 280c

Postal Arbitrage

engaged

526pts · 288c

We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon

engaged

472pts · 950c

Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy

debate

04 / 08

$ ratio pts:comments // low = controversy

Hype vs debate

✓ enthusiasm

Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work 2.3×

High ratio = people approve, not argue

⚡ controversy

——

Low ratio = comments outrun upvotes = anxiety

Open-source tooling gets clean approval. Economy and AI debates generate more heat than light.

05 / 08

$ outlier --flag unexpected

The surprise

"Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy"

— 472pts · 950 comments

This story generated unexpected engagement for the day.

06 / 08

$ synthesize --one-narrative

The read

HN discussed 1040 stories with a median score of 2 — the usual signal-to-noise ratio held.

1040 stories submitted today. Top score: 1298. The builders are building — but the conversation is bigger than the code.

07 / 08

$ summary

TL;DR

winning topic

Dev tools / OSS

most debated

Systems / Hardware

the surprise

Ozempic is changing the f

total stories

1040

max score

1298

median score

2

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