Bedtime advice seems very unscientific

Bedtime advice seems very unscientific

I find Athlytic immensely useful but I am always baffled by its bedtime advice.

Right now, Athlytic is telling me two things about my sleep:

* I am very consistent in my bedtime, which is good and will help support my circadian rhythm and my recovery;

* I should go to bed an hour and a half early tonight to make up for a sleep deficit.

I don't think both those things can be right!

And indeed, everything I've ever seen suggests that a consistent bedtime is one of the most important aspects of good sleep hygiene. Here's a peer-reviewed article from a medical journal but if you'd prefer a more accessible summary, here's a New York Times article on the subject.

Is there any medical or scientific logic behind Athlytic's wildly variable bedtime suggestions? If not, I'd like to suggest that you remove it in the future (or at least give users the option to disable it.)

Other than that, thanks for a great app!

u/jacobsw — 13 days ago

Notification when outdoor temp is below indoor temp

I've got a Switchbot Hub 2 (inside my house) and a Switchbot Indoor/Outdoor Thermo-Hygrometer (outside). I've connected the hub via Matter to my Apple Homekit.

I'd like to set up an automatic notification on my phone when the outside temperature is cooler than the inside temperature. (That way, on a hot summer evening, I will know when to open the windows to cool down my home.)

I've tried both Siri and IFTTT, but both only seem to be able to pick up the temperature of the Hub 2, not the thermo-hygrometer.

At the very least, I'd love to set up a widget on my iPhone with the outside temperature-- but, again, the Switchbot widget doesn't seem to pick up the outdoor temperature, only the Hub 2.

Any suggestions on how to make this work? Or does the Hub 2 just stubbornly refuse to share the thermometer temperature with Apple Home?

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u/jacobsw — 3 months ago