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73 titles from 68 authors in the last 30 days, with 72 distinct links and 13 Show HN.

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• Show HN: RickCV, a modern resume builder where you can drag&drop your old CV · score 8.0

  RickCV is a client-side resume and cover letter builder that runs entirely in the browser, featuring live editing, drag-and-drop import from PDF/Word/LinkedIn/JSON Resume, and extensive theming. It prioritizes privacy with no server communication, offers ATS-friendly PDF export, and includes detailed documentation and a theme workshop.

• Show HN: I turned my kids' old Yoto Player into an Audiobookshelf player · score 7.0

  yotwo is custom firmware for the Yoto Player Gen 2 that transforms it into a local Audiobookshelf player. It allows browsing and playing audiobooks from a self-hosted server using the player's knobs, with features like offline downloads, NFC card linking, and OTA updates. The project is notable for repurposing existing hardware to create a kid-friendly, cloud-free audiobook experience.

• Show HN: FreeApply Free Job Application MCP, runs locally with your existing LLM · score 6.5

  FreeApply is a local MCP server that automates job discovery and application using your existing LLM, with a local dashboard, Gmail reply tracking, and signed workflows to prevent hallucinated experience. It packages a non-trivial browser automation and safety pipeline into an installable desktop extension and Claude Code plugin.

• Show HN: Mainplane – Agent in Go that lives on your old PC, drives your laptop · score 6.3

  Mainplane is a Go-based self-hosted agent ecosystem that runs always-on AI agents on an old PC to control your laptop, using subscriptions like Claude Code or ChatGPT Codex. It offers a private mesh network, shared file drives, browser/computer use, and a TUI, packaged as a single MIT-licensed binary.

Recent titles

1. Ask HN: Old expérimental website that made photos sing?
   2026-11-01 · HN discussion
2. I miss the old ways, so I am trying to find a middleground
   2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
3. Show HN: I rebuilt my old canvas 3D library as a small WebGL 2 library – phoria2
   2026-10-31 · kevs3d.co.uk · HN discussion
4. Old Ideas
   2026-10-30 · blog.fogus.me · HN discussion
5. Old 'Popcorn Time' App Left Macs at Risk
   2026-10-30 · macrumors.com · HN discussion
6. Martian meteorite found in the Sahara is 4.1B years old
   2026-10-29 · reuters.com · HN discussion
7. Sprout – A Modern Motherboard for Old iPods
   2026-10-29 · certainthings.studio · HN discussion
8. Steve's Old Computer Museum
   2026-10-28 · oldcomputers.net · HN discussion
9. Show HN: FreeApply Free Job Application MCP, runs locally with your existing LLM
   2026-10-28 · mybotsai.com · HN discussion
10. The good old days (of programming)
    2026-10-27 · fixnum.org · HN discussion
11. Year Old Short Story Contest Sponsored by a Young Amazon.com [pdf]
    2026-10-27 · g-ecx.images-amazon.com · HN discussion
12. AMA – "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within", milestone in CGI, is 25 years old
    2026-10-27 · old.reddit.com · HN discussion
13. Show HN: Mainplane – Agent in Go that lives on your old PC, drives your laptop
    2026-10-26 · github.com · HN discussion
14. AI Is Turning Old Games Into Living Worlds [video]
    2026-10-26 · youtube.com · HN discussion
15. The St. Helena 5 pence coin shows Jonathan, a roughly 190 year old tortoise
    2026-10-24 · de.numista.com · HN discussion
16. Raspberry Pi Desktop proves old PCs aren't past it
    2026-10-24 · theregister.com · HN discussion
17. New discoveries, old knowledge: AI finds connections humans missed
    2026-10-23 · gavinray97.github.io · HN discussion
18. Show HN: I'm mapping the old trees worth walking to (3,800 so far)
    2026-10-23 · ancienttrees.app · HN discussion
19. Old School Bookmark Manager for the Browser
    2026-10-23 · headsupapp.netlify.app · HN discussion
20. Old tech is sometimes better – a case study based on blogpost from Now-Next
    2026-10-22 · depesz.com · HN discussion
21. AMA – "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within", milestone in CGI, is 25 years old
    2026-10-21 · HN discussion
22. Heat pump tech is 170 years old. Pascal thinks it's time for an update
    2026-10-21 · techcrunch.com · HN discussion
23. Show HN: Free checker for the PHP2Shell flaw that works on old, slow sites
    2026-10-21 · simgen.dev · HN discussion
24. Hackers steal children's data after firm used 'Password1' to protect old account
    2026-10-21 · bbc.co.uk · HN discussion
25. The CO2-absorbing building made of old sinks, windscreens and toilets
    2026-10-20 · theguardian.com · HN discussion
26. Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger
    2026-10-20 · sciencealert.com · HN discussion
27. NFS underground 2 and more old games running in the browser
    2026-10-20 · twitter.com · HN discussion
28. CPU-native. Deterministic. O(1) processes. – the Old New Coolness
    2026-10-20 · HN discussion
29. Business-School Bashing Is an Old Delivery
    2026-10-19 · thegoogly.substack.com · HN discussion
30. The Next 'It' Apple Might Be 300 Years Old
    2026-10-19 · cooking.nytimes.com · HN discussion

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