Stop Putting Health Data in the Cloud by Default
How I built a local first pain tracker around failure safety, user ownership, and the reality of chronic illness.
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Protecting Data: Threat Modeling for Small Teams
Privacy threats aren’t abstract. They look like a shared device, a curious coworker, a browser extension with too much access, or an export sent to the wrong place. Threat modeling doesn’t require a security team. It requires honesty. For small teams...
Building the PWA Shell and Install Experience
Before someone trusts you with a log entry, they need to trust something simpler: that the app will open, behave predictably, and not get in their way. If Parts 1–6 are about trust, Part 7 is about trust signals. People don’t evaluate a health tool t...
Offline, Sync, and Failure Modes
Reliable tools don’t require ideal conditions. They work in basements, parking lots, clinic hallways, and anywhere a person might be trying to get through their day. Offline-first is a promise: “This tool works when your life is unstable.” For a heal...
Interaction patterns That Don’t Hurt
Most people don’t quit because an app is missing a feature. They quit because the tiny moments of friction add up—especially when they’re already in pain. The best features in a chronic pain app are often not “new screens.” They’re the small interact...
From PWA to Native: When and How to Branch
Most teams don’t decide “native vs web” in a calm moment. They decide when they’re under pressure. This part is about making that decision on purpose. PWAs can be “native-enough” for many health tools, especially when local-first and offline-first ar...
