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# Archived daily edition

[Archive](/archive?limit=20&appearance=system) / 2026-10-26

[Top 10](/archive/edition/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=10&q=&appearance=system)[Top 20](/archive/edition/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=20&q=&appearance=system)[Above median](/archive/edition/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=system)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-26
2.   [77](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238739)218

     [PaperPilot – Zero-Cloud, Pure-Rust PDF Engine with WASM and MCP](https://github.com/KrushnaVardhanReddy/PaperPilot)

     HNgithub.com14 hours ago

3.   [118](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237712)188

     [Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category](https://korindiehacker.bloffy.blog/en/removing-nextjs-got-my-blog-to-100-on-every-lighthouse-category)

     HNkorindiehacker.bloffy.blog17 hours ago

4.   [162](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215997)389

     [Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261019-birdwatching-rewires-the-brain-and-slows-cognitive-decline)

     HNbbc.com2 days ago

5.   [169](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242734)135

     [Peter Thiel, the tech oligarch who believes in the Antichrist](https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-10-25/peter-thiel-the-tech-oligarch-who-believes-in-the-antichrist.html)

     HNenglish.elpais.com5 hours ago

6.   [89](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228115)255

     [Show HN: A Truly Modular Keyboard](https://github.com/notaroomba/keybytes)

     HNgithub.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

7.   [105](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242843)125

     [Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI](https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-10-26/ai-data-workers)

     HNbrown.edu5 hours ago

8.   [62](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237224)181

     [Attention Is Not What You Need (2025)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19428)

     HNarxiv.org18 hours ago

9.   [37](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241925)165

     [Pharo 14](https://pharo.org/news/2026-10-26-Pharo14Release.html)

     HNpharo.org6 hours ago

10.  [108](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237896)140

     [iPhone Duo Teardown](https://www.ifixit.com/News/119895/iphone-duo-teardown)

     HNifixit.com16 hours ago

11.  [104](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243061)110

     [The new iPad mini](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-gives-ipad-mini-its-biggest-update-ever/)

     HNapple.com4 hours ago