$ iris analyze hn --since 24h --stories 1048

HN Today

as of 19:32 PST · 1048 stories · live

1048 stories

15% Show HN

35% dead on arrival

max score: 1362

01 / 08

$ stats

The numbers

1048

total stories

~44 per hour

35%

dead on arrival

0–1 points, no traction

2

median score

avg: 11.6 · max: 1362

15%

Show HN

159 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

1362pts · 883c

Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story

engaged

963pts · 280c

Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his fami

pure hype

666pts · 350c

Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocr

engaged

595pts · 243c

MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat t

engaged

425pts · 318c

US Job Market Visualizer

engaged

357pts · 168c

Why I love FreeBSD

engaged

352pts · 144c

Meta’s renewed commitment to jemalloc

engaged

325pts · 97c

My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assis

pure hype

04 / 08

$ ratio pts:comments // low = controversy

Hype vs debate

✓ enthusiasm

Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over 1.5×

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

"Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missi"

— 1362pts · 883 comments

This story generated unexpected engagement for the day.

06 / 08

$ synthesize --one-narrative

The read

HN discussed 1048 stories with a median score of 2 — the usual signal-to-noise ratio held.

1048 stories submitted today. Top score: 1362. 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

Polymarket gamblers threa

total stories

1048

max score

1362

median score

2

Powered by Iris · HN <span>Today</span> · hn-slides.pages.dev

08 / 08