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0Building a (T1D) smartwatch from scratch
2025-01-28 •
The text discusses the challenges faced by a parent of a child with Type 1 diabetes and the need for a simple, reliable smartwatch to monitor blood sugar levels. The author details the process of building a smartwatch prototype, i...
0Where are the Microvans?
2024-01-20 •
The text discusses the fascination with Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) microvans and kei cars, and the author's perspective on the US market's lack of interest in these vehicles. It also delves into the regulatory conditions in th...
0What You Get From Loss
2023-11-25 •
The author discusses the value of absence in understanding the importance of people, products, and things. They reflect on the impact of the absence of a product that monitors their son's blood glucose levels, and how it made them...
The author discusses the value of absence in understanding the importance of people, products, and things. They use the example of a wifi-enabled desk light that fetches their son's blood glucose values to illustrate how the absen...
0In Defense of the Commute
2023-01-17 •
The text discusses the benefits of commuting, arguing that it is good for creativity and mental health. It explores the idea of different personas for home and work, and the importance of separating the two. It also suggests that ...
0A Review of the Omnipod 5
2022-12-12 •
The article is a review of the Omnipod 5, Insulet’s first closed-loop system, based on the author's experience with their son's insulin pump. It covers alarms, insulin delivery, data access, and suggested product improvements. The...
0ChatGPT vs. my son
2022-12-09 •
The text is about a person who has been writing down questions from their son and intended to turn them into a research article. Instead, they decided to see how well ChatGPT can answer the questions compared to Google searches an...
0The Impossibility of Unsubscribing
2022-12-06 •
The text discusses the issue of spam from charities, small businesses, and political organizations, as well as the lack of data protection laws in the US. It also explores the reasons why an American GDPR equivalent law doesn't ex...
0The real potential of ChatGPT
2022-12-05 •
ChatGPT is a natural language model developed by OpenAI, based on GPT-3.5. It has garnered significant attention due to its ability to generate human-like text responses and its potential to be used for nefarious purposes. The mod...
0Using Midjourney as a Design Tool
2022-12-01 •
The author discusses using Midjourney, a generative AI tool, to find inspiration for website design. They share their experience using the tool to explore different visual directions and how it helped them overcome a creative bloc...