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Hey HN, I’m Mani - Co-Founder & CTO @ Pulse. This started from my own burnout trying to optimize performance. I tracked everything, changed habits constantly, got a bunch of wearables, but could never figure out what was working vs wasn't. Most devices just give you a score based on some generic/population model and leave you to figure it out. They treat everyone like an average. With Pulse, we wanted to build someth…
This sounds super interesting! Dumb question maybe, but how is this different from just using an Oura ring or a WHOOP + journaling? Like is the value more in how you visualize the data, or is it actually doing something different behind the scenes?
what I found was that it often throws 5+ variables into one “correlation”, creating a lot of noise where it ends up suggesting X impacting your sleep, when it could have actually been Y.
Pulse is built for n=1 experiments: you isolate a habit (like less screen time, consistent wake up time, caffeine impact), test it, and see if it actually helps your sleep better or not. think self-controlled studies
Astroturfing? Definitely doesn't increase my trust in the company promoting Pulse.
“The blog post makes it sound like a nice step beyond generic fitness bands. How flexible is the API or data access for custom experiments?”
This sounds super interesting! Dumb question maybe, but how is this different from just using an Oura ring or a WHOOP + journaling? Like is the value more in how you visualize the data, or is it actually doing something different behind the scenes?
hey - great question i used whoops journalling feature for several montths. what I found was that it often throws 5+ variables into one “correlation”, creating a lot of noise where it ends up suggesting X impacting your sleep, when it could have actually been Y. Pulse is built for n=1 experiments: you isolate a habit (like less screen time, consistent wake up time, caffeine impact), test it, and see if it actually he…
Hyped to try this out - curious to know exactly at what time I need to stop drinking coffee..