Kartikeya

About

As a Software Developer, my goal is to drive positive change by leveraging technology to solve pressing challenges across industries. My ambition is to become a driving force in creating cutting-edge solutions that reshape the way we approach problems and enhance the lives of individuals and communities.

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Maker History

  • Nod: Sleep Debt Tracker
    Nod: Sleep Debt TrackerTrack sleep debt and optimize daily recovery offline.
    Aug 2026
  • NeuroCalm AI
    NeuroCalm AIPrivate, on-device mood tracking. Nothing leaves your phone.
    Apr 2026
  • SEEVE AI
    SEEVE AIAll in one A.I. tool for all you requirement at one place.
    Aug 2023
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntJune 28th, 2023

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Building a 100% offline health utility in a cloud-first world

Many modern health apps require an account, cloud connectivity, and telemetry just to calculate basic formulas. We designed Nod with a strict privacy-first, zero-cloud architecture everything stays on your device with no trackers.

  • Would you like to see exportable local backups (e.g., encrypted JSON/CSV), or is zero-setup local persistence enough?

  • What other privacy-first health tools do you rely on daily?

Why we ditched generic "Sleep Scores" for rolling Sleep Debt

Most sleep trackers give you an arbitrary score out of 100 based on overnight movement or heart rate, but they don't answer the most critical question: How much biological sleep do you owe your body, and how do you pay it back safely?

With Nod, we focused strictly on a rolling 14-night window to calculate net sleep debt and build mathematical recovery schedules.

Questions for the community:

  • How do you currently track or handle sleep deficit after a rough week?

  • Do you find single-night sleep scores helpful, or do they just trigger sleep anxiety (orthosomnia)?

What features would make daily sleep debt tracking effortless for you?

Hi everyone! Now that Nod is live, we re focused on keeping the app as lightweight and distraction-free as possible while making sleep recovery truly actionable.

We d love to hear from the community:

  1. Do you prefer fully manual logging (keeping it 100% offline and battery-friendly) or would you prefer opt-in local sync with Google Health Connect?

  2. What sleep metrics actually help you feel better during the day versus just adding cognitive noise?

Drop your thoughts below every piece of feedback helps shape the upcoming updates!

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