alt.hn

3/30/2026 at 5:39:21 PM

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

 https://aka.me/blog/personal-software-to-stay-healthy/

by pbarondadditude

3/30/2026 at 6:42:14 PM

OK, this is super useful! And totally resonates with me.

I have about ~4 years of Apple Health data (runs, walks, HIITs, hikes, swims, and more) that I want to chart out, but haven't yet... Your live data is inspiring to see (VO2Max of 50!)

Would love to hear more about your process of building the app.

How did you export your Apple Health data? Is Apple Health the source of all your workout data as well? (e.g. Weights, etc) What tech stack did you (your agent!) choose for the "/fit" site?

I'm looking to build something like this.. but for myself (not for public)

May I reach out to you? Thanks

by aanet

3/31/2026 at 10:35:34 AM

You can reach out. It's all made with Claude Cowork to extract the Historical data from my 4GB Apple Health export (accessible from the Apple Health app, then dumping it into Lovable to build a dashboard with the data points that I'm interested in, and then a little design pass to make it look nice. You also need to figure out what metrics are important to you and then playing with it. Lovable know "how" to build dashboard, so it's about telling it what you'd like to see/learn about.

by pbarondadditude

3/30/2026 at 10:50:05 PM

My first closed rings are from February 2016

Last time I checked my apple health data was 4 gigs

Would love a way to access just some of it via api

It’s too big to load or worth with

I would to build something to analyze the data or build a leaderboard that’s more than just the activity sharing

Is it possible to just export my streaks for example and workouts

The simple data so I can compete with friends or strangers on who did the longest hike this month?

by r0fl

3/31/2026 at 10:32:14 AM

I've actually learned a ton by simply requesting the data from Apple via their export in the Apple Health app, and then loading it into Claude Cowork and letting it analyze it. I also have about 4GB of data dating back 2015. You can isolate a few dimensions you're interested in and let it guide you. You can also ask it to export that data only and then dump it into Lovable for example to build a small dashboard. For the longest hikes, that would require regular outputs... So I'd recommend that auto-export app, or, if you save them into Strava, building something to extract from you and your friends' accounts to build a leaderboard. Do it!

by pbarondadditude

3/31/2026 at 12:14:57 AM

The best infrastructure is invisible. Users should not need to think about format conversion, token counting, or content extraction.

by zephyrwhimsy

3/30/2026 at 5:57:33 PM

I completely resonate with this. I used to try all the fancy Pomodoro and posture apps, but they were too intrusive.

by simply57

3/30/2026 at 7:26:59 PM

that is interesting. I've hooked apple health data and oura data in my openclaw and it has been really useful, i could refine the supplements I take and discusse ideas.

by derencius

3/31/2026 at 10:36:50 AM

Nice! Do you have a set of data points that you get your claw to report on daily?

by pbarondadditude

3/30/2026 at 9:14:24 PM

Very cool

by JaredCampbell

3/31/2026 at 10:37:34 AM

Thanks, it's fun to build, and I learned a ton.

by pbarondadditude

3/30/2026 at 6:55:59 PM

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by Remi_Etien