$ iris analyze hn --since 24h --stories 1128

HN Jan 14

Full day · 1128 stories

1128 stories

16% Show HN

27% dead on arrival

max score: 950

01 / 08

$ stats

The numbers

1128

total stories

~47 per hour

27%

dead on arrival

0–1 points, no traction

2

median score

avg: 19.5 · max: 950

16%

Show HN

185 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

950pts · 2388c

Ask HN: Share your personal website

debate

946pts · 582c

FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

engaged

870pts · 399c

Claude Cowork exfiltrates files

engaged

807pts · 148c

The URL shortener that makes your links look as suspicious as pos

pure hype

678pts · 971c

Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled

debate

635pts · 158c

Pocket TTS: A high quality TTS that gives your CPU a voice

pure hype

504pts · 534c

SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation

debate

490pts · 341c

I hate GitHub Actions with passion

engaged

04 / 08

$ ratio pts:comments // low = controversy

Hype vs debate

✓ enthusiasm

——

High ratio = people approve, not argue

⚡ controversy

Ask HN: Share your personal website 0.4×

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

"Ask HN: Share your personal website"

— 950pts · 2388 comments

This story generated unexpected engagement for the day.

06 / 08

$ synthesize --one-narrative

The read

HN discussed 1128 stories with a median score of 2 — the usual signal-to-noise ratio held.

1128 stories submitted today. Top score: 950. 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

Ask HN: Share your person

total stories

1128

max score

950

median score

2

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