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Building MyMedSync

A question by my mom that led me to building MyMedSync, a medication app that bridges the gap between parents and their adult children managing their care.

Part 1
5 min read

Why I built MedSync — and why it's a website, not an app

My mom asked if she'd already taken her medicine that day. I didn't know — and Google Play almost stopped me from fixing that.

Part 2
5 min read

The patient who never signs in: how MedSync shares a live schedule with someone who has no account

The person taking the medication was never going to manage a password. Here's what replaced the login screen instead.

Part 3
5 min read

The back button rule: what actually keeps a 30-screen app looking like one app

Color tokens are the easy 20%. Here's what actually kept thirty-plus screens looking like one app.

Part 4
4 min read

The medication that showed up a day late — but only for patients in the wrong timezone

It passed every test I ran myself, and was wrong for anyone testing it at the wrong hour, in the wrong timezone.

Part 5
5 min read

What building two other apps first taught me before I started MedSync

Two finished apps bought me proven patterns. They didn't buy me a pass on double-checking the one number that actually mattered.