This fortnight taught me something I thought I already knew.

Less is more.

Every time something in the app started feeling more real, I wanted to add to it. One more state. One more edge case. One more thing that would make it feel complete.

It took me longer than I'd like to admit to recognise what was happening.

The app doesn't need to be complete right now. It needs to be honest. It needs to show a family that their person is okay, and mean it. That's the whole job for now.

Cutting things stopped feeling like giving up. It started feeling like the actual work.

I also want to give a shoutout to Apala. She's my cousin and a UX designer, and she spent time she didn't have to give designing the app screens, turning something functional into something that actually feels like it belongs in someone's home.

The app is connected to real data now. Onboarding works end to end.

Next step: Get apple app store approval and make family test it with the sensor data we already have. I’m also parallely working on getting hold of sensors for pilot users.

Also looking forward to my vacation the next two weeks 💃

See you in two weeks (or not, depends on how much traction I have. Otherwise - see you in a month)

— Shwetha