$ iris analyze hn --since 24h --stories 798

HN Jan 18

Full day · 798 stories

798 stories

18% Show HN

30% dead on arrival

max score: 772

01 / 08

$ stats

The numbers

798

total stories

~33 per hour

30%

dead on arrival

0–1 points, no traction

2

median score

avg: 19.9 · max: 772

18%

Show HN

151 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

772pts · 260c

Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" music video

engaged

697pts · 697c

Dead Internet Theory

engaged

636pts · 339c

A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates

engaged

584pts · 535c

Predicting OpenAI's ad strategy

engaged

544pts · 378c

Your app subscription is now my weekend project

engaged

542pts · 528c

Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,N

engaged

515pts · 498c

Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes

engaged

510pts · 238c

A Social Filesystem

engaged

04 / 08

$ ratio pts:comments // low = controversy

Hype vs debate

✓ enthusiasm

Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" 3.0×

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

"Dead Internet Theory"

— 697pts · 697 comments

This story generated unexpected engagement for the day.

06 / 08

$ synthesize --one-narrative

The read

HN discussed 798 stories with a median score of 2 — the usual signal-to-noise ratio held.

798 stories submitted today. Top score: 772. 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

Dead Internet Theory

total stories

798

max score

772

median score

2

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