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Jul 08, 2026

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A Printable Medication List Template for Doctor and ER Visits

A free, printable one-page medication list to keep current and bring to every appointment — what belongs on it, how to keep it updated, and where to keep it so it's there when it counts.

#health #medication-tracking #rxlog #caregivers #elderly-care

2026

Jul 01 Medisafe Alternatives in 2026: Free Medication Trackers That Actually Stay Free Medisafe moved to a paid subscription on January 1, 2026. Here's an honest comparison of the free alternatives — MyTherapy, Pillo, MedTimer, and RxLog — including what each one actually gives you without paying. #medication-tracking #health #mobile-apps #rxlog #android #medisafe / 6 min Jul 01 Ten Apps in Production: Everything GriswoldLabs Has Shipped to Google Play The full list of GriswoldLabs Android apps live on the Play Store production track — what each one does, who it's for, and a few honest notes on how a one-person shop ships ten apps. #android #google-play #apps #portfolio #rxlog #sitesnap / 4 min May 14 Pill Reminders for an Elderly Parent: A Caregiver's Medication Guide A caregiver's complete system for managing an elderly parent's medications — the master list, organizers vs. dispensers vs. blister packs, routines, refills, and the apps that actually help. #health #medication-tracking #rxlog #caregivers #elderly-care / 18 min May 13 How to Remember to Take Medication Forgetting medication isn't a memory problem — it's a systems problem. The three levers that actually work for adherence, and what good reminder apps do that bad ones don't. #health #medication-tracking #rxlog #habits / 5 min May 12 The Free Pill Reminder Apps That Still Exist in 2026 Medication reminder apps used to be free. Now most cap you at 2 prescriptions and push a subscription. Here are the ones that still work for free, what to look for, and the honest tradeoffs. #mobile-apps #health #medication-tracking #rxlog #android / 5 min Apr 15 Self-Hosted LLMs in Production: What It Actually Takes to Cut API Costs A real case study on running 80B parameter models locally: hardware, costs, tradeoffs, and the numbers from a production self-hosted AI stack serving 4 concurrent users. #llm #ollama #local-ai #gpu #self-hosted #consulting #infrastructure / 6 min Apr 15 Borrowing From Hermes Agent: A Self-Improvement Stack for a Multi-Agent Claude Code Fleet How we ported six patterns from NousResearch's Hermes Agent — FTS5 recall, dialectic user model, auto-skill drafts, trajectory logging — onto our four-worker Claude Code system in one session. #ai #claude-code #agents #infrastructure #consulting #self-improvement / 8 min Feb 05 Home Assistant Presence Detection: Combining Multiple Sensors for Reliability How to build a robust presence detection system using phone tracking, motion sensors, and Bayesian probability. Eliminate false positives and automate with confidence. #home-assistant #automation #smart-home #presence-detection #iot / 5 min Feb 04 Local Voice Control for Home Assistant: No Cloud Required Setting up voice commands for Home Assistant using local speech recognition. Faster response times, no internet dependency, and complete privacy. #home-assistant #voice-assistant #wyoming #automation #privacy #smart-home / 7 min Jan 27 Welcome to the GriswoldLabs Blog Introducing the blog section - a place to document projects, share learnings, and track progress. #meta #homelab / 1 min

Notes fromthe lab.

A Printable Medication List Template for Doctor and ER Visits

Notes from
the lab.