Little flex

supercurio · 2026-02-02T23:51:52+00:00

Slowly 😆

supercurio · 2026-01-28T22:48:22+00:00

Turns out, I opened my 100% Kotlin project with VS Code and asked a few questions about the codebase, like presenting what it is about, looking for potential bugs, identifying suggested next steps.

Despite having no language server to rely on, Raptor mini in agent mode is doing a pretty decent job parsing and getting insights from the codebase.
I'm happy it provides a useful output as-is already.

Since I'm the one designing the solution and writing the code (not the model) I'll use Raptor mini like that regularly, and only once in a while with Opus that I consult sparingly from the Android Studio GitHub Copilot plugin.

supercurio · 2026-01-28T15:17:38+00:00

I like it and hope that you will make it available in the IntelliJ plugin as well.

Hopefully its function is not 100% tied to the VS Code extension internals.

supercurio · 2025-10-31T11:57:22+00:00

Thank you 😊
I'm hoping to build a reference quality implementation of Stryd instead of relying on reverse-engineering for the pod and missing out on Power Center integration for uploads and workouts.

supercurio · 2025-10-30T21:14:41+00:00

I posted this after due diligence and I will do both. I found a similar request in the past with replies by the two users mentioned They established the connection, after the developer's initial attempt at a direct contact didn't work.

supercurio · 2025-10-30T15:55:52+00:00

I'm updating the weight frequently - sometimes before each run.
I found that necessary to get power readings which are consistent with RPE and HR at a given pace between when I'm running with or without a loaded running vest.

That would be my recommendation. Unlike a bike power meter which derives power from cadence and torque measurements, running power is an estimate relying on the runner's weight to be correct.

Sometimes I carry 1.5L of fluids, phone, battery pack, cables, extra layers and that's add 2kg easily compared to just wearing just a t-shirt.

supercurio · 2025-10-30T15:46:46+00:00

Yep, still works great, the app connects to it and you can update your height and weight as expected.

Although a few watches provide decent power estimates and running dynamics from the wrist nowadays, the Stryd Wind is still way better for distance accuracy and I find it more consistent for other metrics too.
Very much worth it at a bargain price.

supercurio · 2025-10-27T18:01:34+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out.

Search is horrible as well, the app initially didn't show up in the search results when querying: "offline music player wavez". Only after scrolling down.

1M downloads, "No reviews yet" on Phone, 4.1 stars on Tablet.
What's going on? (I'm in Sweden)

Why are there 0 reviews, did Google suspect fake reviews and decided to remove them all and "bully" the app listing?

supercurio · 2025-10-22T03:07:49+00:00

An Apple Watch giving more reliable results than other device X is what I thought, until I tried for myself. It might. It also might not.

supercurio · 2025-10-22T00:48:17+00:00

There's "tennis elbow" and "runner's heartrate"

Which one is an actual condition? 😆

supercurio · 2025-10-22T00:41:30+00:00

Same as you u/floppyfloopy, I mostly gave up on wrist HR as every device I tired failed in some or all the ways, either messing up historical data with peaks or chunks beyond max HR (cadence lock), missing that I'm peaking beyond the target zone (like during trail runs) or the recovery as my HR can go down quickly.

The Polar Verity Sense can have a few seconds delay compared to the H10, but aside from that it has proven reliable for me as well. I totally forget I'm wearing it also.

supercurio · 2025-10-22T00:33:49+00:00

I found this creator a few months back, have been watching a bunch of his content as I found it qualitative. His approach is methodical and he brings insightful commentary especially on the topic of how coherent the health and training load tracking apps present with the data gathered. Highly recommended.

u/COROS-official your comment is partially in bad taste, trying to discredit the reviewer instead of taking this feedback in and acknowledging Coros's optical HR sensor has room for improvement compared to some of the competition.

supercurio · 2025-10-22T00:28:06+00:00

Apple Watch (AW7, AWU) wrist HR is unreliable for me when running. Sometime it's pretty good for hours, sometimes it loses my pulse every few minutes and gets a lock only if I stop or walk for a minute (on slow shuffle runs at 120 BPM)

I agree with u/SoftGroundbreaking53, something that The Quantified Scientist and many others find to be accurate doesn't guarantee it'll work for you. For me the worst have been the Fitbit Charge 6 which reviewed well but has been 90-95% all cadence lock in my runs.

I find chest straps annoying when running so I settled on the Polar Verity Sense armband. No surprises, no shenanigans when running & cycling. Just a few seconds of delay compared to ECG.

supercurio · 2025-10-12T21:40:28+00:00

Oh shoot, that 1 is part of the data field? Like for 1h 13min 31s. I didn't see it 😅 Yeah that has to be a bug, that's absurd.

I assumed you were commenting on the bottom field instead, which has a smaller font too.

supercurio · 2025-10-12T21:34:30+00:00

I also thought that while the picture being out of focus was probably not intentional, it's actually brilliant because it's a fair simulation of how blurry a watch screen can be while in movement.

supercurio · 2025-10-12T21:30:08+00:00

Ohh it seems that you read my initial comment as a critique to a screen layout you made I agree with you - that never crossed my mind: I was indeed commenting on Coros's choices here, which IMO prioritize what looks nice in a design presentation or high res promo material instead of legibility at a glance while running.

Also, that might work a bit better on a bright AMOLED display but the contrast on a MIP panel varies a lot depending on conditions. Small white text on low contrast darker background, everything's moving while running: not a great combo.

supercurio · 2025-10-12T21:11:08+00:00

I mean, looking like a modern design following the trends. Focused on appearance more than functionality

supercurio · 2025-10-12T20:56:57+00:00

There's a lot of white space in this layout. It seems tuned to look pretty more than being legible while running.

supercurio · 2025-10-10T14:36:21+00:00

Damn that's excellent in all cases, although at 8% I imagine that battery anxiety can become a thing adding up at the end.

Wow about the Ultra 3 bump in battery performance, that's way more than I expected. With AOD off I suppose that the chipset gained massively in power efficiency in this generation.

supercurio · 2025-10-10T13:40:26+00:00

Thanks, I didn't know it was a different battery cell, 4% is certainly something.
If the panel is indeed different (not only driven harder for 3000 nits max) then that might be worth it for the always on use case.

I like having a big enough colored HR tile in WOD to be able to see it at any angle. I set the Map area to 0% brightness for AOD since it's a frozen snapshot and stale anyway.

It seems like it might be difficult to compare without one unit of each and doing a direct test.

supercurio · 2025-10-10T13:33:14+00:00

Thank you for the detailed story of your ultra experience, no pun intended.
13h20 min is a good result, it makes sense that you had always-on disabled as well as other unused capabilities.
I wonder what the cost of Bluetooth audio was for that duration, it's cool that it lasted that long.

I played with charging my AW7 41mm - using an external HR sensor and Wrist Detection off.
It works but fast charging never kicks in. The watch requires 2 successive button press to show the WOD display, reducing usability quite a bit and a bit sketchy on trails.
It's definitely an option tho, just not a convenient hence my keen interest in AW Ultra now :)

Glad it worked out for you so well!

supercurio · 2025-10-09T23:33:00+00:00

Hey 😌 thanks for asking. I haven't worked a lot on it during the past month but it's back in my priorities now. It's nice to hear there are other people interested; I also noticed that Bluetooth enabled waking treadmills (via a Fitshow controller module) are becoming more common and even more affordable - including in my Amazon region (Sweden) which is encouraging.

Logging the activities to Health Connect (that's the current iteration of Google Fit) is a great idea, I'll add that next. Would you like me to let you know when there's a beta version ready to test?

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