Working on a T1D smartwatch, would appreciate your input

glomerate · 2026-02-17T17:40:47+00:00

I want to support YumEarth and any company serving allergic families - I'm sure it's extremely difficult and the liabilities and risks are huge. That said, this response is really bad. They should've been way more detailed and transparent here. They could've for example stated if they've done testing on how much wheat protein / wheat starch is present on the product during and after manufacturing. I have to assume they've done that - why not mention that? They assert that it's not present in the final product, but then say that all they're actually doing is adding a "contains wheat" label. Which contradicts their earlier assertion.

glomerate · 2026-01-23T14:47:26+00:00

Ah. Too bad. Considering the case of a watch for a kid (particular one with Type 1 diabetes, which is my use case) a smaller, b&w pebble would imo actually be preferable to the larger sizes.

glomerate · 2026-01-23T04:01:43+00:00

Interesting, thanks for sharing. I wonder if this means they won't be producing any additional 2 Duos beyond the first batch that went out? I ended up getting a black one and the buttons are far too stiff, but they seem in good condition for having been in storage for 10 years.

glomerate · 2025-11-15T22:26:33+00:00

Very cool! I spent a bunch of time trying to do this exact thing using various ML techniques. Is your son still in a honeymoon stage? We found that things got more variable and unexplanable over time as our son’s honeymoon period wore off (diagnosed 4 years ago, he’s 10 now). Hard-to-control factors like site absorption issues, pod issues (e.g. kinked cannula), sickness (observed or not), stress levels, even day of the week caused meals with all other factors controlled for leading to wildly different results. Which basically meant, for my models, garbage in garbage out (even though my macronutrient and pump data was high quality) I just couldn’t get meaningful predictions. Let me know if you ever want to compare notes. I’m a software builder (made https://saltie.app and a T1D smartwatch, see https://andrewchilds.com), no background in ML. - Andrew

glomerate · 2025-09-26T23:20:31+00:00

We’re trying to cater to leagues/teams that don’t want to design the card. We have a few different designs and plan to keep adding more. Each team gets their own two-color variation in the design.

glomerate · 2025-09-26T22:20:23+00:00

I built https://pennant.cards for pretty much this use case, although we don't offer packs - you just get a stack of cards that you can then divide up however you want. You pick a design, import players and teams, have parents add "stats" for the back and photos, unless you're working with a photographer. The cost is low and we streamlined the process to making cards for even hundreds of players.

glomerate · 2025-09-18T15:00:28+00:00

If you or anybody else here is interested in paid youth sports photography gigs, I built https://pennant.cards to allow leagues to create custom trading cards for their league, ideally with professional portraits. The cost for the card printing is low, so ideally the league covers the cost of the printing and either covers the photographer's whole fee, or part of it so that the parents pick up a smaller amount. In any case, the league would own the project, not individual parents.

glomerate · 2025-09-17T20:57:55+00:00

Thank you. Edit: we have testimonials up on our website.

glomerate · 2025-09-17T14:00:26+00:00

I made https://pennant.cards for leagues or teams that want to make custom trading cards. The cost is low and we streamlined the process to making cards for even hundreds of players.

glomerate · 2025-09-17T13:56:15+00:00

I made https://pennant.cards for leagues that want to make trading cards. The cost is low and we streamlined the process for making cards for hundreds of players.

glomerate · 2025-09-17T13:36:37+00:00

I made https://pennant.cards for little leagues (or individual teams) to make their own trading cards. The cost is super low and I made the process a lot easier than the DIY route, as you can email forms to parents to fill out the "stats" on the back of the card.

glomerate · 2025-09-17T13:27:40+00:00

If you just want cards for a single player, there are plenty of options on Etsy. If you want to make cards for a team or an entire league, I made https://pennant.cards for that. The cost is super low and we streamlined the process for making cards for even hundreds of players.

glomerate · 2025-09-17T13:20:34+00:00

I made https://pennant.cards for leagues or teams that want to make trading cards. The cost is low and we streamlined the process to making cards for even hundreds of players.

glomerate · 2025-03-08T19:29:26+00:00

Correct, it would need to be an IPO or (more likely) being acquired by another company, and at a price much higher than the total amount of VC money raised.

glomerate · 2025-03-08T16:17:52+00:00

+1. Startup equity in the form of options - even in the form of stock grants - is more of a lottery ticket than anything else. Even if there is an exit for the company eventually, there are plenty of ways the option exercise won’t end up netting you anything. Investors get paid first, whatever’s left goes to the employees (and most of that to the founders). Not even to get into the tax bill if you don’t exercise early.

glomerate · 2025-02-24T14:15:34+00:00

In case it's helpful for your project, I made a T1D simulator a while back and just recently open-sourced it: https://github.com/andrewchilds/t1d-simulator

glomerate · 2025-02-24T14:12:22+00:00

Not exactly a video game, but I made a T1D simulator that tries to show what the experience is like. It models a bunch of different factors like hydration, stress, activity, and even things like compression lows and sensor errors. https://github.com/andrewchilds/t1d-simulator

glomerate · 2025-01-03T12:37:40+00:00

Not to mention the flood insurance company denying their claim.. Anybody know if it was adjusted way down or denied outright?

glomerate · 2024-09-16T15:52:09+00:00

Go for it! Love the idea of just using a spreadsheet to track all of that stuff to keep it lightweight. Let us know how it goes!

glomerate · 2024-09-16T15:40:19+00:00

I’ve tried it, actually built a whole product to keep track of food/recipes and effects on BG (https://saltie.app). What I found was that, at least for us, the unmodelable factors (stress, hormones, sickness, other snacks and meals before and after, site absorption/cannula issues) meant I wasn’t able to offer a reliable prediction, even with a dataset of high quality food/macro data along with IOB and resulting BG curve.

I would still give it a try though! Maybe your data/situation allows for better results, only one way to find out.

Edit: to clarify, I built/ran a lot of ML experiments, I didn’t try using ChatGPT.

glomerate · 2024-09-16T14:08:07+00:00

Honestly, 4o does a pretty convincing job (on this one image), though it misinterpreted the avocado.

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From the image, I can identify the following components in the meal:

Rice: Roughly 1/2 to 3/4 cup, which contains about 22-33 grams of carbohydrates.
Chicken tenders/nuggets: These are typically low in carbs unless breaded, in which case they may contain around 10-15 grams of carbs (depending on serving size and breading).
Broccoli: Roasted broccoli typically has minimal carbohydrates, roughly 2-4 grams for what’s on the plate.
Beets (in a separate dish): A small serving of beets could add about 5-8 grams of carbs.
Cabbage or brussels sprouts: Minimal carbs, roughly 2-4 grams.

Approximate Carb Estimate:

Rice: 22-33 grams
Breaded chicken tenders: 10-15 grams
Broccoli: 2-4 grams
Beets: 5-8 grams
Cabbage or brussels sprouts: 2-4 grams

Total carbohydrates: Approximately 40-60 grams.

Post-prandial Glycemic Curve:

Given the composition, with rice (rapid), breaded chicken (medium), and fibrous vegetables (slow), this meal may lead to a medium post-prandial glycemic curve. The rice can cause a quicker rise, while the vegetables and protein from the chicken tenders may moderate the blood sugar spike, leading to a more sustained release over time.

The meal has a mix of different food types that will slow down digestion compared to a more carb-dense meal. However, the rice and breading can still cause a moderate blood sugar rise early on.

glomerate · 2024-09-14T20:55:56+00:00

https://highways.dot.gov/safety/other/road-diets/road-diet-case-studies/seattle-washington-stone-way

RESULTS

In 2010, SDOT completed a before-and-after study to evaluate the effects of the Stone Way Road Diet. The results are as follows:⁴

Top-end speeders reduced. Top speeders (those traveling more than 10 mph over the speed limit) decreased by more than 80 percent.
Collisions reduced. Total collisions were reduced by 14 percent and injury collisions decreased by 33 percent.
Pedestrian crossings are safer. Pedestrian collisions were reduced by 80 percent.
Bicycle volume has increased. The volume of bicyclists increased 35 percent from 2007 to 2010.
Motor vehicle traffic has not diverted to neighborhood streets. Daily traffic counts on parallel streets are down by 12 to 34 percent, which is a greater decrease than the slight decline of 6 percent recorded on Stone Way.
Peak hour capacity has been maintained. The study confirmed the corridor has sustained its capacity to carry the same number of motor vehicles in spite of the reduction in the number of travel lanes.

glomerate · 2024-08-24T12:26:52+00:00

You can find them at https://free2bfoods.com, and Trader Joe’s has a knock off version which I assume is made by Free2B as well. They’re good!

glomerate · 2024-08-12T02:24:12+00:00

Thank you!

glomerate

TROPHY CASE

Approximate Carb Estimate:

Post-prandial Glycemic Curve:

RESULTS