https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25568856
It blew up! I managed to get to the top and stayed there for the whole day.
I think that this sort of thing is inspiring for people, especially since various countries have recently been locked down, so I imagine that it struck a chord. I was super happy to see positive comments and general engagement.
As a result, I got 10k users to the website. The day after, that went down to 3.8k (which is still impressive!)