Welcome to medicine-timer-app Discussions!

[GirkovArpa]

Welcome 👋

Here is our convo from Reddit for convenience and accountability purposes 😃

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@MedTimerApp
02:04 AM
It's 3:00 a.m. I should be able to do that in the daytime, thank you so much!

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@GirkovArpa
02:16 AM
It is late here as well, hopefully we can catch each other online tomorrow. Good night!

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@MedTimerApp
08:41 AM
Hey
Take BTC?
you said PayPal I think
should be np
my GF has that
A seed generation aspect to the Medicine Timer App, so people can load other people's (especially mine) seeds as I think a community is
important for this to refine it and for interest

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@GirkovArpa
01:49 PM
I prefer PayPal because BTC is hard to convert to something I can spend at Wal-Mart xD Regarding "persistency", as in how it remembers what dose you took the last time you used this hypothetical webapp, there are 3 ways this could be implemented: 1) Local storage in the browser, 2) A save file on your device, or 3) A database server.

I do not consider (3) as a real option because of server costs.

(1) is most convenient because it will load saved dose history automatically, but only work in the same browser on the same device you used it last. History wouldn't necessarily be shared between devices and browsers, e.g. phone and computer, unless the browsers have some feature to export and import local storage.

(2) Would involve a portable save file that would work on any browser, and if copied to another device, any device.

By "seed" do you mean a random dose history?

I would not use React by the way, I do not know React and also it is overkill for this project in my opinion.

If there is a theme you prefer, like appearance and style, you could link me to any website as a reference.

Once you decide on which of the "persistence" options you want and theme you prefer, I can share my PayPal and upon payment will ask for a more detailed explanation. A picture does say 1,000 words so if you could sketch something quickly in MS Paint that would be great also.

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@MedTimerApp
06:09 PM
I can send payment now if you want
But also seed I mean, all the information and settings you have put in will generate a seed like S35GAJ21 and you can copy and paste someone's and it'll auto build all the same settings and medicine names
Maybe an option to make it say something custom but it'd also still need to be RNG so maybe mine would be named "FullSchedulerMay10S35GAJ21" I basically name mine/seed FullSchedulerMay10 as was made on May 10 for example and the RNG builds on the tail of it for customization and seed RNG creation

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@MedTimerApp
06:53 PM
I have my paypal ready, just put money in atm
Can there be push notifications or email or some kind of way to notify ppl to take their med? Or that it was coming up soon, etc

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@GirkovArpa
07:59 PM
My PayPal email is **************

I've never done push notifications before, but I can investigate. Can't send emails without a server though.
Yesterday

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@MedTimerApp
12:04 AM
Sent!
Thoughts on seed thing?
Not sure between 1 and 2 still thinking I guess
For options you proposed
I know I'm on Android and a lot of people would be similar / iOS so having that be updated is the most important thing the other thing you said like a portable save would that still not be like number one just with an additional feature or what it not auto remember schedule if it's a portable save

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@GirkovArpa
01:59 AM
No problem about the seed feature. Would you be able to sketch something up as a sort of blueprint? You don't need to spend more than 20 seconds on it, just some boxes that we can refer to when discussing what goes where.

I'll start Thursday, in the meantime here's a link to the (currently empty) project page where we can track our progress:

https://github.com/GirkovArpa/medicine-timer-app

With the locale storage option, upon visiting the site in the same browser, it will auto-load your settings (until you clear your browser history).

With the save file option, it will be slightly inconvenient since you have to manually select the settings file, but it will be cross-browser.

In fact with the seed there is no need for a save file, since it will be short enough to just copy and paste anytime you want to visit in a new browser or device that isn't up to date with your settings.

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@MedTimerApp
02:57 AM
Awesome to the last thing
I will try tomorrow asap, if you have any ideas of naturally how it may should exist like due to what needs to be done and presented I'm not against someone else's vision
My last thing just got made upwards not draw before hand but was a spreadsheet auto calculator

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@GirkovArpa
04:37 PM
That's fine, it's mostly just to have something concrete we can refer to. The details of the sketch aren't important.
Today

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@GirkovArpa
12:39 AM
Do you mind if I publish our conversation on the project website? As a public record for accountability purposes. If you don't want to that's completely fine. If you make a Github account we can continue chatting on the project page BTW.

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@MedTimerApp
12:40 AM
Sure!
MedTimerApp is my git
I don't know if it work with push notifications or what or you can display that there's notifications on it like a one or two or three in a red circle in the top corner of the app icon but I figure if it's a webapp can bookmark it to your home screen
Do you have any visual idea for the information presented I haven't really came up with an idea of how it would look I think I said before my last thing I created just sort of naturally was made visually based on the features
Not sure if it was in the post cuz I think I lost some of my chat log with an old Dev but if it could be integrated and input your dates and times that you needed to and when you updated them removed them or changed them with your normal phone calendar /desktop calendar would be perfect
There's natural remedies that you may take several times in a day or couple days so having an hour/minute option would be nice. I figured it'd work inherently but also sometimes I do like probiotics for awhile and could set that to go off once every 7 months or once every November or several times etc
Warnings if low stock and dose coming up soon or semi soon
Not necessary at all but the option to upload an image or take a picture of your medication to show with the message as an option would be a cool idea I just had
Or like other medication apps that don't do what I need them to, have like premade circle and bar pill/tablet option or capsule option or cough syrup option. But to upload your own too would be nice

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@MedTimerApp
03:02 PM
If you have a sketch of idea in text for it I can help workshop it after

[GirkovArpa]

Based on your Reddit post, here is what I've come up with:

Past dates on the calendar would record dosages already taken, while future dates would "predict" doses to take based on the settings determined in the green boxes.

The orange dropdown is simply to specify which drug you're customizing the settings for.

[MedTimerApp]

Hey! Thank you so much for this. I know this will do wonder for so many people, and have positive changes on the world in the long term. Speeding up the process of things instead of waiting 100 years for it to come out.

Even if someone else makes better and more popular, we'll have still done good. Hope everyone enjoys!

[GirkovArpa]

Hey I'm sorry I was unable to complete your project in a reasonable timeframe, in the meantime I've sent you a full refund. I wish you the best of luck finding someone to complete this for you.