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$ iris analyze hn --since 24h --stories 887

HN Feb 15

Full day · 887 stories

887 stories
19% Show HN
30% dead on arrival
max score: 1516
01 / 08
$ stats

The numbers

887
total stories
~37 per hour
30%
dead on arrival
0–1 points, no traction
2
median score
avg: 21.5 · max: 1516
19%
Show HN
174 self-promotional posts

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

02 / 08
$ topics --top 100

What dominated

AI & ML
210
Development Tools & Libraries
190
Hardware & Gadgets
150
Privacy & Surveillance
130
Fashion & Sustainability
100
Legal & Politics
107
03 / 08
$ sort --by score --limit 8

Who won

1516pts · 949c
I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I w
engaged
1449pts · 1132c
I’m joining OpenAI
engaged
1210pts · 851c
EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories
engaged
937pts · 667c
Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surve
engaged
815pts · 390c
I fixed Windows native development
engaged
708pts · 305c
Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015
engaged
539pts · 139c
Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS
pure hype
488pts · 103c
Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein Files
pure hype
04 / 08
$ ratio pts:comments // low = controversy

Hype vs debate

✓ enthusiasm

Show HN: Microgpt visualized in-browser GPT 11.8×
Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, 9.2×
Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein File 4.7×

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

"I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

— 1516pts · 949 comments

A trivial question amassed the most points, proving that humor and curiosity still dominate HN.

06 / 08
$ synthesize --one-narrative

The read

Today HN was a chaotic blend of AI mania, retro tech nostalgia, and absurd car‑wash debates—curiosity remains king.

887 stories submitted today. Top score: 1516. The builders are building — but the conversation is bigger than the code.

07 / 08
$ summary

TL;DR

winning topic
AI & ML
most debated
Hardware & Gadgets
the surprise
I want to wash my car. Th
total stories
887
max score
1516
median score
2

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