CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION hot_rank (score numeric, published timestamp without time zone) RETURNS integer AS $$ DECLARE hours_diff numeric := EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (timezone('utc', now()) - published)) / 3600; BEGIN IF (hours_diff > 0) THEN RETURN floor(10000 * log(greatest (1, score + 3)) / power((hours_diff + 2), 1.8))::integer; ELSE RETURN 0; END IF; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE;