The post introduces Clinical Quality Language (CQL), a user-friendly language for coding clinical content, particularly for data retrieval and clinical decision support. It discusses the challenges of limited support for CQL, incl...
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The 'stack fallacy' highlights how tech experts often underestimate the complexities of product development, leading to missed opportunities and over-engineering.
The author discusses their transition from ZSH with OmgZH to the Fish shell on a NixOS Darwin installation, citing performance issues with OmgZH. They detail the installation process for Fish and Starship, including necessary conf...
4.9Souless Vibecoding
2025-10-04 • react code software engineering fhir ai
The author reflects on their experiences with 'vibe-coding' while using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot for coding tasks. They describe two instances where they relied on these tools to create interactive demos and MVP ...
The author questions the value of conference talks in the age of AI, sharing mixed experiences from the health.tech event in Basel.
The author defends their use of AI in coding while stressing the importance of responsible coding practices to avoid losing ownership and understanding of the code.
Testing AI chatbots with the question about the plural of 'moose' reveals their surprising failures and raises concerns about their reliability and guardrails.
The post explores the limitations of Gemini in generating images with transparent backgrounds compared to ChatGPT, raising questions about its training data and future potential.
4.4Saying no
2025-12-31 • mindfulness personal development time management saying no
Prioritizing time and value, the author advocates for saying 'no' to unproductive commitments while remaining open to meaningful opportunities.
Reflecting on a productive 2025, the author shares experiences in project launches, consulting, learning, and personal growth amidst challenges and connections.
The blog post discusses common workplace inefficiencies, such as unnecessary greetings, slow laptops, and unproductive meetings. It emphasizes the cumulative impact of these small time-wasting practices, illustrating that what see...
The author discusses their experience using GitHub Container Registry for a side project, encountering issues with Docker and Node.js, and switching to Bun as the base image for Docker, which resulted in faster build times and sma...
0No Code Is Wasted Code
2025-05-05 • programming software development code reuse
The author discusses the concept that no code is wasted code, emphasizing the value of reusing code from previous projects for new ideas and projects.
The author reflects on their long history with Twitter, from the early days to the current state of the platform. They discuss the positive experiences they had, such as making friends and gaining attention for their blog, but als...
The author presented their work on developing a decision support dashboard for the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka at the Digital Health Week Australia 2025, where their abstract and poster won the best e-poster presentation award. T...
The text discusses using Javascript to customize select options in the Community Health Toolkit (CHT) to highlight differences between similar options. It explains how to use custom javascript functions to manipulate the HTML DOM ...
Google is moving to manifest version 3 for Chrome extensions in 2024, and will phase out the manifest version 2 extensions from the Chrome app store. This will affect popular extensions such as uBlock origin, Unsplash Instant, and...
The author discusses their experience of moving their blog from various platforms to Hugo, a static site generator written in Go. They express frustration with the difficulties of managing self-hosted WordPress and Ghost, and thei...
The text provides tips on how to attend a conference for free or at a reduced cost, including submitting a paper or abstract, reaching out to organizations for sponsorship, volunteering, asking for a reduction of fees, and seeking...
The author reflects on their journey in academia, from initially being disinterested to now having their first publication indexed by PubMed. They discuss the challenges and benefits of academia, as well as the broken aspects of t...
The post discusses the need for Google to innovate in order to stay relevant in the face of new AI-based search engines. It compares the current state of Google search to its innovative beginnings and emphasizes the importance of ...
The author attended the Geneva digital health day at Campus Biotech, where they participated in panel discussions and workshops. They looked for their poster on the National COVID Health Information System, networked with familiar...
The author discusses the overuse of AI in products and services, comparing it to the previous blockchain and NFT hype. They express skepticism towards companies and individuals who claim to be AI experts and question the necessity...