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May 14, 2026

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Pill Reminder Apps for Caregivers: What Actually Works

You're not just managing your parent's medications. You're managing the anxiety of not knowing whether they're managing them. Honest framework for picking a caregiver-friendly med tracker, with a comparison of the major Android options.

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

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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.

Pill Reminder Apps for Caregivers: What Actually Works

Notes from
the lab.