Notes on private, ambient health.
Short essays on building software that helps you see your own patterns and return to real life: privacy and security, the idea of ambient health, and the craft of calm technology. Written in the open, the way Kensora is built.
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Privacy
Private by design: what "on-device by default" really means
Most health apps send your most personal data to a server because it is convenient for them, not for you. Here is the other way to build, and why Kensora starts on your device.
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Concept
What is ambient health?
Health is not an app you open when something is wrong. It is the texture of an ordinary day: how you slept, how you moved, who you reached out to. A look at the idea behind Kensora.
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Self-knowledge
Seeing your own patterns
You already hold the data of your own life. What is usually missing is a calm place to notice how the parts connect, on your own terms, against your own baseline rather than a population average.
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