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Hi I’m Gabriel.
I’m a peptide and hormone researcher.
I’ve worked in many industries spanning cancer research to leading R&D at one of the biggest performance telemedicine companies in the US.
I currently serve as a voting member on the FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee.
I also currently work with athletes, executives and public figures to help optimize their health and performance using novel methodologies.
But what truly drives me is the desire for YOU to have access to these wonderful compounds and the education around how to best utilize them.
And it’s not so I can get a bajillion dollars and have the next Epstein list named after me.
I have seen the pitfalls of traditional healthcare systems.
I have witnessed what lack of preventative care does to families, including my own.
I understand what it means to sacrifice your own health and happiness to see others succeed.
But I also know all of those things can be changed with the right education.
So while I may have some crass posts here and there, some silly memes that are meant for a niche audience, and I might even throw the occasional sprinkle of serious commentary on regulatory and clinical affairs — my purest intentions are to ultimately propagate a preventative and precision health model through accessible sharing of knowledge and information. Without all the weird gate keeping.
I want to live in a world where I can proudly tell my son that I positively impacted people’s lives. That I did good in the world and helped people wherever and whenever they needed it the most.
And if we all get kinda jacked, lean and smarter together during that process, I think that’s a win-win for everyone.
ALT I once had people brown hair before the Norwood reaper came for me.
my morning routine now:
6am wake up, check if claude code ran all night
shower, check it again
brushing teeth, check it again
laptop until like 7pm
and it's the last thing i look at before bed
anyone else start their day like this?
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my actual vibe coding setup:
claude code (usually like 5 sessions open)
whatever ide is open
a bunch of browser windows
codex gets it done. claude code is the one i actually enjoy opening.
what's yours look like
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what are you working on right now?
drop it below. a link, a screenshot, or just one sentence about what it is. all of it counts.
i'll actually go through the replies this week and check things out.
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i'm not a "health guy."
i don't have a podcast. i don't wake up at 4am. i've never said the word "optimize" with a straight face.
i was just a beginner who got confused. a friend recommended something, i tried it, i had no idea what i was doing, and i couldn't keep anything straight in my head.
so i made a tool so i'd stop being confused. that's the whole origin. no grand vision, no 5-year plan. just a guy who kept forgetting things and got annoyed enough to fix it.
i think a lot of good stuff starts like that: not from being an expert, but from being the confused beginner who's annoyed enough to do something.
what's something you started only because you were annoyed?
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hot take: your first version should be embarrassing. if it isn't, you waited too long to ship.
the first version of the app i'm working on took about 30 minutes. it was janky. it had bugs i'd be embarrassed to list. it couldn't even remember the schedule i set for it.
and it was the most useful thing i made all year, because i actually used it every day, and when i showed people, they told me what they actually wanted instead of what i guessed they wanted.
the polished version came later. months later. but it only exists because the embarrassing one got out first.
agree or disagree? and what's the most embarrassing thing you've ever shipped?
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dose track is on its 4th version, and it took a little over a year to get here. each one taught me something different. launching v4 on nov 1. here's the whole story 🧵
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so v4 is one app for everyone. one med or ten, a few months in or five years in, beginner or advanced. a streamlined flow and a refreshed design
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beta testers have been on it, and nobody has asked to go back. everyone gets moved over gradually from nov 1, with an option to switch back anytime that asks why. that's the number i'm watching
check it out yourself at dosetrack.app
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things i've learned about myself as a swe AND trying to do my own marketing:
- i will spend an entire day fixing a button and 0 minutes telling anyone the button exists
- i write a post, delete it, rewrite it, and post the first version anyway
- "i'll just check one feature request" is how i lose an entire night
- i've said "ok last thing" out loud to an empty room more times than i can count
- my desk is mostly ideas and notes that just say "fix this"
being the dev is fun. being the marketer is like being forced to talk about yourself at a party where you showed up early and nobody else is here yet.
which one are you: "fix the button all night" or "tell everyone about the button"?
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be honest: when you started something new (a hobby, a routine, a side project, anything) how did you keep track of it?
my answer, embarrassingly: i tried to keep it all in my head. my head immediately lost. i had the confidence of someone with a system and the memory of a goldfish.
that's literally why i vibe coded a little app to log stuff.
so what was yours?
a) notes app
b) spreadsheet
c) paper notebook
d) pure vibes and prayer
reply with a letter (bonus points if you explain the chaos)
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the first version of my app took 30 minutes.
the second version took months.
nobody warns you about the second version.
the first one is pure fun. you're vibe coding at night, it works, you feel like a genius, you show your friends, everyone says "wait that's actually cool." 10/10 experience.
then people start using it. and asking for things. and you look at the code you wrote in 30 minutes and realize it's held together with hope.
so you start over. you think about architecture. you redo the design three times. you spend an entire evening on one screen nobody will ever notice. you mess up something that was working fine yesterday.
and somehow the second version is the one i'm actually proud of. the 30 minute one got me started. the months one is the real thing.
if you've ever had to rewrite something from scratch: was it worth it, or do you still miss the duct tape version?
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