You don’t need to build an app. You can use the built in Shortcuts app.
create a shortcut that turns off all alarms. Can have it read your calendar or whatever as signal to determine if alarms should be on/off for a certain day/time and have it run at a regular schedule.
They’re way more powerful than you except. I’ve recently rediscovered them and I really couldn’t find a use case for a custom iOS app that wasn’t covered by them.
Co-working with AI is an important skill to learn these days. Similar to paying a bit for AWS for your personal projects as a good way to learn all the AWS tools for your career.
What is the skill that needs to be learned? I've been forced to vibe code everything at work, there's no skill required to ask Claude code to do something.
I think there's a difference in using claude code at work to resolve issues or user stories which are patching existing software and already define what is trying to be solved and what the acceptance criteria is versus using claude code to build something from scratch, where you are acting as an architect.
It leaves more room for skill expression when you're making architectural decisions, defining scope, and designing the application.
I've found that adapting my thinking to how LLMs work best is a real friction point. If you're not doing that, it spits out junk. Your job just has low standards, get used to it.
Yes, realizing the fact that most jobs have low standards, and adapting to LLMs being good enough for these low standards is certainly a friction point. Giving up caring is hard.
hey - great question
i used whoops journalling feature for several montths.
what I found was that it often throws 5+ variables into one “correlation”, creating a lot of noise where it ends up suggesting X impacting your sleep, when it could have actually been Y.
Pulse is built for n=1 experiments: you isolate a habit (like less screen time, consistent wake up time, caffeine impact), test it, and see if it actually helps your sleep better or not. think self-controlled studies
This started from my own burnout trying to optimize performance. I tracked everything, changed habits constantly, got a bunch of wearables, but could never figure out what was working vs wasn't.
Most devices just give you a score based on some generic/population model and leave you to figure it out. They treat everyone like an average.
With Pulse, we wanted to build something different -- a way to actually test what works for your body in real life.
Happy to answer questions about the tech, hardware, or what it took to get from idea to (almost) shipping
I do this. I leave my code in a state where it wont compile. So the next day just hitting build will highlight where i left off - which makes it easy to get started, which makes it easier to move to the next thing.
I love this. Particularly, I have terrible recall of things I wanted to do. I would like to install cameras in my home (at least in the kitchen and by the front door), so that I can do things like:
- next time I'm making chicken remind me to use this new recipe
- remind me to take shopping bags / umbrella etc as im leaving the house (based on weather lookup/my calendar lookup)
I prefer installing things from App Store on my parents' computers cause it will handle automatic updates and provides certain guarantees (i.e. can rely on Apple not letting malware onto their App Store).
AFAIK loading custom kexts has become harder since the launch of TouchID on macs, but for an average user its better to live inside the secure world of Apple's tight security controls & encryption - allowing Apple to claim security & privacy as core selling points.
I've previously had software engineers on my team who didn't know how to update DNS settings on their computer or what a MAC address was. Not everyone gets into a field out of curiosity.
It's the same as most people knowing how to drive but not being able to rebuild an engine or even replace their own windshield wipers.
But I believe school curriculums should include some exposure to general computing as a way to make everyday life easier.
I love calendly because:
1) it checks my calendar for conflicts with a link or suggest times in gmail
2) adds zoom meeting details automatically
3) avoids having to do timezone math
I just send my calendly link and don’t have to discuss back and forth about who’s available when savings tonnes of time.
create a shortcut that turns off all alarms. Can have it read your calendar or whatever as signal to determine if alarms should be on/off for a certain day/time and have it run at a regular schedule.
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