$ iris analyze hn --since 24h --stories 963

HN Mar 8

Full day · 963 stories

963 stories

26% Show HN

38% dead on arrival

max score: 573

01 / 08

$ stats

The numbers

963

total stories

~40 per hour

38%

dead on arrival

0–1 points, no traction

2

median score

avg: 11.2 · max: 573

26%

Show HN

251 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

573pts · 424c

Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting

engaged

553pts · 136c

Agent Safehouse – macOS-native sandboxing for local agents

pure hype

434pts · 313c

Ask HN: How to be alone?

engaged

420pts · 70c

FrameBook

pure hype

371pts · 318c

The changing goalposts of AGI and timelines

engaged

368pts · 231c

Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the

engaged

332pts · 147c

I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine

engaged

330pts · 61c

LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown

pure hype

04 / 08

$ ratio pts:comments // low = controversy

Hype vs debate

✓ enthusiasm

——

High ratio = people approve, not argue

⚡ controversy

Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from pos 1.4×

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: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

— 134pts · 451 comments

This story generated unexpected engagement for the day.

06 / 08

$ synthesize --one-narrative

The read

HN discussed 963 stories with a median score of 2 — the usual signal-to-noise ratio held.

963 stories submitted today. Top score: 573. 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: What Are You Work

total stories

963

max score

573

median score

2

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