Show HN: I made my fitness dashboard public and Apple Health needs an API

10 hours ago

The author built a public fitness dashboard to consolidate personal health and training data from multiple apps into one view, motivated by a desire for long-term physical independence.
The dashboard includes three main sections: Activities (color-coded workout calendar), Vitals (metrics like sleep, VO2 Max, HRV), and Strength (progression charts), all updated continuously with data from sources like Apple Health and Strava.
Making the dashboard public aims to show realistic, consistent training over time, countering fitness culture that often highlights only achievements, and reclaims ownership of personal health data from tech companies.
The design emphasizes regularity and consistency over daily metrics, supported by research on HRV CV, highlighting the importance of long-term patterns for health.
The author critiques how Apple, Google, and AI companies control health data, advocating for a model where individuals store their own data and grant access as needed.
Built through 'vibe-coding,' the dashboard uses third-party tools like Auto Export to access Apple Health data due to lack of an official API, illustrating challenges in data sovereignty.
Future plans include adding blood work results from Lucis.life and live heart rate monitoring with Polar Verity Sense, as part of a series on personal software for health.

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