This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 29, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro

What we talk about when we talk about sideloading
https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45736479

Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k
https://www.threads.com/@nthmonkey/post/DQVdAD1gHhw
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45734582

Keep Android Open
http://keepandroidopen.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742488

EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages
https://eurollm.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45733707

The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem
https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/the-airpods-pro-3-flight-problem
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45733329

ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web
https://www.anildash.com//2025/10/22/atlas-anti-web-browser/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45702397

Boring is what we wanted
https://512pixels.net/2025/10/boring-is-what-we-wanted/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45738247

Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste
https://seated.ro/blog/tinkering-a-lost-art
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45739499

We need a clearer framework for AI-assisted contributions to open source
https://samsaffron.com/archive/2025/10/27/your-vibe-coded-slop-pr-is-not-welcome
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45731321

Generative AI Image Editing Showdown
https://genai-showdown.specr.net/image-editing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45739080