Journal

24 APR 2026 · PRODUCT · COMMUNITY

Today the site, beta programme, and product all went live. New accounts get a 7-day trial, paid plans are live, and the first wave of beta testers is now active.

Tags: launch, beta, pricing, parent-guardian, dark-mode

17 APR 2026 · PRODUCT

Carbol now supports Google sign-in alongside email and password, and the onboarding flow is in its final form.

Tags: auth, onboarding, google

6 APR 2026 · PRODUCT

Both photo and voice analysis now prioritise New Zealand nutritional data when estimating carbs. NZ first, then AU, then international.

Tags: accuracy, food-database, nz

18 MAR 2026 · RESEARCH · BEHIND THE SCENES

A month in. Most of it has been research, not code. Picking the pieces this thing gets built on, because the wrong choice anywhere blows up either the unit economics or the user experience. Here's how the AI model, database, email, voice, and hosting decisions got made.

Tags: research-infrastructure-ai-model-cost

14 FEB 2026 · BEHIND THE SCENES

Endo appointment last week. Time in range was 49%. I'm a third-generation T1D and I've been telling myself the same lie : I can estimate carbs in my head. The 49% is what that lie looks like on a graph. So I'm building the tool I should have had years ago.

Tags: behind-the-scenes