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showmypost — Wed, 27 May 2026 20:43:36 +0000

Most people aren’t aware but there are laws that require granular notification consent. For example the GDPR has it. I’m currently fighting with a major bank and educating them about my rights. I want to receive security related notifications but not get spammed by “get a loan up to 50k without lifting a finger” type of bulls*. Send send this almost every week..

It is easy to blame the code of people who left, until you're the one who leaves

showmypost — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:38:01 +0000

Article URL: https://martin.sh/it-is-easy-to-blame-the-code-of-people-who-left-until-youre-the-one-who-leaves/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48194763

Points: 5

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New comment by showmypost in "I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night"

showmypost — Tue, 12 May 2026 08:47:00 +0000

There are special molded ones optimized for sleep. Cost me around 100€, never going back.

But I think you need to get lucky with the ear canal print. Mine had 30 days return policy of they don’t fit well. I did it in a local store

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showmypost — Tue, 12 May 2026 08:44:52 +0000

Barcelona, Spain. Basically narrow streets, full of loud motorbikes, mostly single glassing in windows, trash collection happens for some reason at night, noisy culture. Still love the city though. But originally grew up in a quiet country and on the outside the city with 0 noise during day and night

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 23:01:45 +0000

I have custom molded ones. They help a lot, however high pitched sudden noises still get through and wake me up. I never managed to sleep without earplugs since moving to this city. Not considering moving due to the quality of life (apart from the noise)

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:59:57 +0000

The levels I have at night indeed are unhealthy, I’m still trying to find the best way to tackle this challenge..

Most wakeups are from noise (I can see it in the data) but high CO2 levels can also make me a lighter sleeper.

Not sure where you’re based but in Europe the priority is mostly on heat isolation, so air movement suffers. The US is better in that regard. There was a big thread on that topic on X the other week (Peter the indie hacker initiated it and there were some good recommendations in case you’re the owner of the flat)

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:51:42 +0000

You’d need a forest in your room to see a proper change. There was a whole discussion in the Indie hacking scene on X on that topic around 1-2 weeks ago

Big fan of plants though, help me feel calm

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:49:19 +0000

You definitely went for a simpler solution!

And thanks for sharing that comment, I can second your two observations

For multiple months, I thought I’m waking up at night because I need to go to the bathroom so often (even checked for insulin resistance but markers were perfect). Interestingly enough, most of the times (not always) there are one or multiple louder sounds just before I wake up to go to the bathroom. Zero memory or conscious perception of the noise, still woke up and feeling like I need to go to the bathroom

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:36:41 +0000

The 3am part was just a random picked time. But interesting to know, thanks for sharing! I had some stress related sleeping issues about a year ago, that’s why I started with proactively provoking morning cortisol spikes and preventing them in the evenings which definitely helped. At that time I went through some personal challenges, so it made sense

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:32:25 +0000

Yes it’s the AC keeping the temperature. I have different targets set depending on season and time of night (cooler to fall asleep, warmer in the morning). Added this data because I already have it in Home Assistant and you never know what other crazy conclusions you can get from looking at the data :D

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:29:51 +0000

Totally agree with you, that’s why I wanted to check. I btw turned off the morning report long time ago, so it’s more about me checking the sleep stages after realizing that I feel without energy. Also my sleep outside the city is much better. In the end it turns out that most times it is real and an external noise woke me up. Not always, there are false positives and sometimes you just wake up (nightmare, stress, sickness, ..)

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:23:20 +0000

Not sure I understand how this would work. The whole point is that you often don’t realize that you even woke up. And not sure jumping to go to the computer to hit a key is the smoothest way to fall back asleep

I spend most of my days in front of CLIs but here I really think a cli wouldn’t be the right tool for the job..

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:18:33 +0000

Good article! Not agreeing with the statement before the link

Also, not sure if you’ve taken the time to read the post but it clearly states that I’m not using AI to analyze the data. The point of posting this was a different one

I’m happy because I can clearly hear what wakes me up at night. I knew I wake up from noise and now I can clearly see it in the data that I wake up right after door slams, noisy motorbikes, car horning, and dishes from the kitchen (own and neighbors)

After taking action I now sleep better and don’t have those random wake-up moments.

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:10:22 +0000

Thx for the feedback about the hero image. I just removed it. (you weren’t the only one pointing it out)

The intention was to have something less detailed than the screenshot in the post.

About the other thing: yes this would have worked for a night or so. I wanted to be able to go back and forth between nights and compare. I also had concerns about the SD-card durability and storage capacity. Still, after an hour into letting the coding agent do its thing, I was impressed by the result, so more and more ideas popped into my head

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:00:31 +0000

They’re called “MITTZON”, made for offices. Also great room separators. I’ve tested them for a few nights and they work surprisingly well.

Otherwise making sure the windows are properly sealed is first resort. And if you’re living with other people (partner, flatmates, family) it also helps to check the doors

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 21:56:09 +0000

I’m also a little surprised about it. The reason I wrote this post was to send the message: I wouldn’t have done this if it wasn’t for the AI tooling

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showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 21:48:01 +0000

I’m actually the author of the post and doing regular breathing exercises and some additional things. Pretty sure my cortisol levels at night are (currently) not an issue. Morning walks looking up into the sky also help me a lot. Falling asleep isn’t my issue

I grew up in the country side and unfortunately, where I live now, double glassing isn’t a thing unless you live in a recently built house.

That doesn’t nullify what you’re saying, obviously putting worries into sleep affects the sleep itself. Still thought it was an interesting project to build as I’m anyways cautious about noise and air pollution topics :)

I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

showmypost — Mon, 11 May 2026 21:04:10 +0000

Article URL: https://martin.sh/i-let-ai-build-a-tool-to-help-me-figure-out-what-was-waking-me-up-at-night/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100662

Points: 276

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My Pragmatic Way to Use Labels in Password Managers

showmypost — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:57:59 +0000

Article URL: https://martin.sh/my-pragmatic-way-to-use-labels-in-password-managers/

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