Erik

Building a life worth living from inside corporate banking. No degree, homeschool-curious, documenting the unconventional path. 🇳🇱

[Erik @theerikvd]

Most work is theatre.

[Erik @theerikvd]

@Winsleydale @Platypuss_10 Boeing recommends a firm landing.

[Erik @theerikvd]

@JabbaTheRim @SergeyKalev @bryan_johnson Awfully sorry sir, what?

Are non-doctors not allowed to share stuff doctors write?

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This is very similar to my experience.

My dad life stopped being hard the minute I accepted that during the day, it’s kid time.

Sure I do stuff for myself now and then but that inherently means my wife is taking over (and vice versa ofc).

But letting go of the internal fight of “I want to do something for myself” and “the kid needs me” was the best thing I’ve done tbh.

That said, that sleep thing they mentioned is a killer too. My kid slept through the night as soon as she was 8mo, that makes life a lot more bearable too.

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@_DDAXX @levelsio Exactly and Schiphol is packed constantly too.

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There’s been some but I wouldn’t call it strong. Same for flying. Pressure against petrol cars is far stronger for example.

The only thing I will acknowledge is that I might be biased because of my social circle in which flying and eating meat is perfectly acceptable and done a lot.

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Great stuff, alcohol!

Sleep at 42%, recovery even worse at 20% but happy to see that the app recommends to take it easy today 😆

Didn’t even drink that much but still the effects are quite bad as I’m not used to drinking anymore.

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Runphatic!

I wanted to use my Whoop data BEFORE doing a run. Good recovery = steady run.
Bad recovery = take it easy but still run (instead of lazy on couch).

Couldn't find the app so built it myself, now in testing phase with first 15 users, 10 of which paired whoop.

https://t.co/prErrDlevB

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@FlorinPop17 will do in the future probably but first focused on getting in-app traction. Have 15 signups now and would love to have them actually use the app, that's the main focus now.

[Erik @theerikvd]

5 signs your organisation has a reporting problem:

1. One person maintains all the reports
2. "Can you send me the PDF?" is asked after every dashboard rollout
3. The last 30 mins before a board meeting is spent on formatting
4. Legal has never reviewed what your BI tool does with the data
5. The template is held together by someone who left 18 months ago

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For years my biggest problem was: nobody is using this.

Now I’m running into OAuth redirect breaking for some users, waitlist filling up faster than expected and some people want a cycling version.

Same word. Completely different energy.

Better problems are still problems. But nicer to have 😆

[Erik @theerikvd]

Posted about Runphatic on r/Whoop twice.

First post: downvoted. 2 signups. No comments.

Second post, 2 days later: 4K views. 12 signups. Waitlist forming. Enthusiastic DMs.

Same community.

Same app.

What changed?

Post 1: “I built a thing.”
Post 2: “People are using the thing. Here’s exactly how their data works.”

[Erik @theerikvd]

@FlorinPop17 🇳🇱

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Posted about a running app I built on r/Whoop yesterday.

2 strangers signed up within 24 hours.

I’ve shipped 5 products before this. Never got a single signup. Not one.

There are 8 spots left for this first batch. Free, Whoop-connected and built around 80/20 polarized training.

Check it out here if you like!
🏃 https://t.co/tJuUzAk7SL

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Added warp speed to make the run even more fun for people that hate running!

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So I’ve built this thing because I don’t really like running but know it’s good for me.

Made me think that at least is should look a bit nice (although that probably wears off).

Went on a run this morning and thought; damnit, how far along today’s program am I really?

So built in a bar that shows me progress too because sometimes you just need to see you’re close to the finish line to keep you motivated.

Keep me motivated at least 😜

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Added some visual cues for running stages 🏃‍♂️

Was on a run yesterday and created this program that builds up to increase vo2max and hrv but I had to look at the clock and determine when to talent easy and when to go hard.

As the point of using an app is to be guided through the sessions, I added these visual guides and count down timers to show what phase you’re in!

On to the next run tomorrow!

[Erik @theerikvd]

This was a fun build today!

Wanted to build a 90’s style running app that links to my whoop account so that it can adjust runs based on my recovery scores. Took quite some effort but managed to do it and it works really well! I like 90’s hip hop a lot and wanted to bring that into the theme a bit, so named it Runphatic.

It’s featuring a 10 week 0-5k program focused on elevating hrv and improving vo2max and does two runs a week.

Lets see where my vo2max and hrv are at in ten weeks!

Wanna try it too? Check it here: https://t.co/UvokZaqATo

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Reporting in 2015: → Build it in Excel → Email a PDF → Done

Reporting in 2025: → Justify the Power BI licence → Wait for IT to approve the connector → Get legal sign-off on where the data goes → Rebuild it after the update breaks the layout → Email a PDF

Some things changed. Not all of them improved.