u/Full_stack_SWE

I know this question has been asked a bunch in various subreddits, but I wanted to see if folks had tips based on what I'm building.

Basically, I want to build a desktop LCD screen that shows when a flight flies over you within a certain radius and then shows you basic information like the plane, it's route, etc. I'm an avgeek myself and plane spot at SFO a few hours a week.

When I talked to friends about it, we had lots of ideas like creating alerts for squawk codes, plane types, etc.

Disclaimer: This is a product I intend to sell.

As a bunch of people have already complained, getting this data is actually quite expensive, and I'm really trying to avoid a subscription in the product beyond the hardware.

Right now, the best I have is:

- Use ADSB.lol 's free API to get callsigns within a given radius.

- Call FlightRadar24's paid API with the callsign and cache that data for a month before calling again (DL1 at 1:24PM on Monday's is usually JFK - LHR for example).

- The above based on historical data at least in the United States seems to have ~95% accuracy w/ around ~$2/mo/user in cost to me. Good not great. Cache hits were ~62%. That's not assuming some global cache as well, which would yield better numbers as more people use it.

Does any one have other ideas who has explored this a little bit? I've been researching for a few days and am in awe by how pricy this industry is.

I know this question has been asked a bunch in various subreddits, but I wanted to see if folks had tips based on what I'm building.

Basically, I want to build a desktop LCD screen that shows when a flight flies over you within a certain radius and then shows you basic information like the plane, it's route, etc. I'm an avgeek myself and plane spot at SFO a few hours a week.

When I talked to friends about it, we had lots of ideas like creating alerts for squawk codes, plane types, etc.

Disclaimer: This is a product I intend to sell.

As a bunch of people have already complained, getting this data is actually quite expensive, and I'm really trying to avoid a subscription in the product beyond the hardware.

Right now, the best I have is:

- Use ADSB.lol 's free API to get callsigns within a given radius.

- Call FlightRadar24's paid API with the callsign and cache that data for a month before calling again (DL1 at 1:24PM on Monday's is usually JFK - LHR for example).

- The above based on historical data at least in the United States seems to have ~95% accuracy w/ around ~$2/mo/user in cost to me. Good not great. Cache hits were ~62%. That's not assuming some global cache as well, which would yield better numbers as more people use it.

Does any one have other ideas who has explored this a little bit? I've been researching for a few days and am in awe by how pricy this industry is.

For context, I track everything. I do lots of bloodwork for my health, track everything I eat, and have an EightSleep for my sleep. I use health wearables all the time.

Something I was thinking about recently was that I spend like 8-10 hours a day sitting in my office chair, and that's something that hasn't really changed in a while. Why isn't there a "Smart Office Chair" that also quantifies some stuff for you like how much you slouch, how much you stand, and also all the other health stuff that most wearables track.

The closest thing I could find was this this called Darma which was a smart cushion that tracked some stuff for you but doesn't really exist anymore.

Has anyone else looked into this or has thoughts?

Eight Sleep has a ton of features on top of their temp control:

1. Health tracking (HRV, snoring rate, etc.)

2. Daily texts that tell you how slept and recommendations to improve it.

3. Smart alarms based on light sleep detection.

4. Other stuff I can't think of stuffed inside the app.

I'm just curious whether any of that stuff matters for people. I personally don't care about anything other than my bed being the perfect temp when I hop into it at night.

Do other people find any of the other stuff useful / game changing?

As the title says, I was curious since I WFH and spend like 8hrs a day on that thing. I have a bunch of health wearables and invested in an EightSleep bed a while back.

The only thing I found was this smart cushion thing that doesn't exist anymore called Darma.

I'm big on tech-y stuff. Anyone look into this before?

For context, I'm huge on tracking basically everything in my life. I have health wearables, track exercise/weightlifting, do a lot of bloodwork and journaling, etc. Being able to throw all of that data into ChatGPT has been super useful.

I recently got an Eight Sleep and I've loved it. It tracks a bunch of stuff about my sleep, texts me every morning with how I slept + recommendations, and obviously actively adjusts the bed itself.

It got me thinking: I work in an office and probably spend 8–10 hours a day sitting in my chair. It feels like spending money there is a good investment.

It seems like a chair could know a ton about how you're sitting throughout the day — posture, how long you've been sitting, whether you're leaning/slouching, how often you change positions, etc. It could vibrate if you've been sitting too long or your posture has been bad for a while, and give you a summary at the end of the day.

I looked around and couldn't find much. The closest thing I found was an old product called Darma, which was basically a smart cushion you put on an existing chair. It seems to have disappeared years ago.

Most of the high-end chairs I found seem to solve this mechanically like with better ergonomics, adjusting to your body, etc. rather than actually sensing what you're doing and giving you feedback.

I'll admit I'm also not a chair nerd. I've never owned an Aeron/Embody/etc. My current chair is whatever generic swivel chair my office gave me.

I'm curious if other people have looked into this and has thoughts?

I spend a ridiculous amount of my day at my desk since even meetings are just remote. I've been thinking about how little office chairs changed compared with everything else in the workspace.

If you spent $500 - $1500 improving your desk setup, what actually made the biggest difference? Chair? Standing desk? Walking pad? Something else?

Has anybody tried to get those advanced chairs that shift with your posture or something? Worth it?

Hey all,

I don't have a standing desk yet, but I've had one in the past and that's why I'm hesitant to get one now.

Basically, my issue was with actually remembering to stand. I've actually tried to solve this a few times by buying things that like vibrate when your posture sucks or using Apple Watches to tell you to stand. Nothing's quite worked for me though.

The thought I've had recently is that there should be some sort of smart office chair that like forces you to stand somehow. Sort of like how Screen Time forces you to get off your phone. Nothing like that is crazy enough to exist though :)

I'm curious if you guys have invested in anything that actually works beyond a timer or whatever. I'm a tech-y guy, so I like automatic things. Like a standing desk that automatically raises on a timer? That'd be pretty sick.

For context, I'm huge on tracking basically everything in my life. I have health wearables, track exercise/weightlifting, do a lot of bloodwork and journaling, etc. Being able to throw all of that data into ChatGPT has been super useful.

I recently got an Eight Sleep and I've loved it. It tracks a bunch of stuff about my sleep, texts me every morning with how I slept + recommendations, and obviously actively adjusts the bed itself.

It got me thinking: I work in an office and probably spend 8–10 hours a day sitting in my chair. Why isn't my chair tracking anything?

It seems like a chair could know a ton about how you're sitting throughout the day — posture, how long you've been sitting, whether you're leaning/slouching, how often you change positions, etc. It could vibrate if you've been sitting too long or your posture has been bad for a while, and give you a summary at the end of the day.

I looked around and couldn't find much. The closest thing I found was an old product called Darma, which was basically a smart cushion you put on an existing chair. It seems to have disappeared years ago.

Most of the high-end chairs I found seem to solve this mechanically like with better ergonomics, adjusting to your body, etc. rather than actually sensing what you're doing and giving you feedback.

I'll admit I'm also not a chair nerd. I've never owned an Aeron/Embody/etc. My current chair is whatever generic swivel chair my office gave me.

So I'm curious what people here think. Why doesn't this exist?

Is the data just not useful? Would posture detection not actually work? Would the reminders get annoying? Is a really good ergonomic chair already solving the problem in a better way?

Basically: why isn't there an Eight Sleep for the 8–10 hours we spend sitting at a desk?

I'd definitely consider paying for something like this given how much value I've gotten out of Eight Sleep, but I'm curious if I'm missing something obvious.

Hi all,

I’ve been a WW member for about a year now. 23yo male. I’m down 30lbs out of a goal of ~110lbs so still a long way to go, but I’m happy with the program so far.

I did want to pose a question to the community though. One of the biggest reasons I joined WW over other calorie tracking apps was the concept of having meetings w/ coaches and other members. The virtual meetings have been great since there’s a lot of meetings geared towards millennials & topics that are relevant to me.

However, I’ve been feeling very weird going to the in-person meetings. The coaches have been fantastic. The concept of weighing in front of somebody is amazing for accountability. But I couldn’t help but noticing, and I really don’t want this to come across as rude at all, that most of the members at the in-person meetings fall into the demographic of 60+ women.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but as a 23yo male, I have just been feeling extremely weird going to the meetings despite how helpful it is because of that. Not only does it just feel weird being sometimes the only guy there, and definitely the only young guy, but there seems to be so many topics that could be helpful to me that aren’t really discussed. For example, playing soccer a few times a week has been very helpful for my journey recently, but it’s not really a relevant subject to seniors. And most of the topics discussed at the meetings especially when it comes to habits aren’t relevant to me. I want to talk about how hard it is to live a social life in a big city while on WW. I want to talk about dating while being in WW. I want to talk about how hard it is to go out on Friday night’s with my friend groups while resisting urges. But a lot of the conversations involve family visits, attending grandchildren’s sporting events, maintaining basic walking habits, etc.

I have gone to pretty much every meeting venue in the area that I live & it’s the same experience but with different people. I feel like there’s a big gap in the WW community for this & I want to know how others feel about it. I also want to know if maybe this is unique to the part of the country I live in, which I’ll keep private just to respect member’s privacy given the nature of the post.

Again, I want to emphasize that I don’t mean to be rude & I’ve actually had a lot of pleasant conversations, but it just seems that there’s quite a lot of people like me who might be discouraged from going to in-person meetings & not really getting the most out of it.

Let me know you all’s thoughts.