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Aggregates new product launches from Product Hunt and Hacker News Show HN. Combines them with a momentum score for quick evaluation of trending launches.

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Richard P

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Features

🚀 Dual-source — fetches from Product Hunt RSS and Hacker News Show HN
📊 Momentum scoring — 0–100 score based on votes, comments, and recency
⏱ Configurable — choose sources, time window, and result limit
🛡 Graceful shutdown — respects Apify platform abort signals
🔄 Retry logic — exponential backoff (3 attempts) for transient failures

Input

Property	Type	Default	Description
`sources`	array	`["producthunt", "hackernews"]`	Launch sources to include
`maxResults`	integer	`30`	Maximum number of launches to return
`daysBack`	integer	`3`	How many days back to look

Dataset Output

Field	Type	Description
`launchSource`	string	Source platform (`producthunt` / `hackernews`)
`launchSourceId`	string	Unique ID from the source
`launchTitle`	string	Launch title
`launchDescription`	string	Tagline or description
`launchUrl`	string	URL to the launch on the source
`launchVotes`	integer	Upvotes (PH) or points (HN)
`launchComments`	integer	Comments / discussion replies
`launchAuthor`	string	Author or submitter name
`launchCategories`	array	Topics or categories
`launchDate`	string	ISO datetime of the launch
`launchMomentumScore`	number	Computed momentum score (0–100)

Momentum Score Formula

engagement = (normalized_votes × 0.6 + normalized_comments × 0.4) × 80
recency_bonus = 20  (if within last 24 hours)
score = min(engagement + recency_bonus, 100)

Both sources are weighted equally. Votes and comments are normalised relative to the maximum in the current batch.

Development

# Local testing
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m my_actor

# Build Docker image
docker build -t tech-launch-tracker .

Deployment

Push the repository to GitHub / GitLab
Create a new Actor on Apify Console
Connect your repository
Run the Actor

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