There’s a pretty vibrant open source diabetes community in Germany. Some tools such as AndroidAPS and xDrip have been existing for a long time and work together with many pump and CGM models available through the health insurance. GPL-3.0 licensed.
At least these were very beneficial for me, A1c went down from 7.5 to 5.5% without many hypos. You have to compile AndroidAPS by yourself due to distributing binaries would not be legal. It requires some knowledge, but for my partner not needing to call an ambulance ever again when I have a nightly hypo, that is a big win.
No nightly hypos for the past five years I’ve been using these tools…
Ugh, luckily I’ve been able to choose my hardware and OS for the past… 16 years at work. I would hate to use somebody else’s choice of desktop for programming. Actually once said no to a work offer when they said they’ll give only MacBooks for the people.
Zinc just when it starts. These candies you let to dissolve in your mouth. One every two hours when the first symptoms start and if lucky, the next day the symptoms are gone.
In US they sell them with the brand name Cold-Eeze, and similar products are available in some EU countries but not in all of them.
I love my “smart” thermostat. Being able to adjust the AC or heat a few degrees when I’m leaving work so my place is the perfect temp when I get home is awesome.
We have old European radiators in this apartment. But you can attach these electric valves to it with radios. So now my home assistant can just turn the knobs when the thermometer notices it’s getting too cold or hot. Very old tech combined with smart home automation…
I also like how you can make your whole house change color with the lights during the day. Blue and bright at noon, red and dim in the evening.
Or how the lights dim when I turn on the TV. Or how the curtains can be opened by just yelling open the curtains. Node Red is super nice with Home Assistant, if you want to do something more complex with the automation.
You can have a smart home and still keep your privacy. Home Assistant is an open source tool you install to a raspberry pi, and it lets you control your devices locally without ever sending anything to the internet.
I’ve been using it for years and it is really nice.