It might be more true to say I abhor them, but, as with all strong global statements one soon finds fault. What I do believe is that, as with the majority of unfocussed
2026 is, arguably, the year of AI. The first full year when one could really point it at a task, and see results. I’ve built three pieces with Claude Code this year:
Part 7 left the MG's sync buffer wide open and its contents shut: 109-byte per-second records and 73-byte raw-PPG bursts, with heart rate at one known offset
The newer straps speak almost the same language as the WHOOP 4 we researched in Parts 4–6. Almost. The handshake byte changed, the framing grew, and the one command that would have
The WHOOP records all night and uploads nothing until you ask. Here's what's actually in that buffer, the field map that I misunderstood, and the command that wiped five