Why I Built PeptideTrack
The story behind creating a safety-first dosing app for TRT and peptide users. How personal frustration led to building something useful.
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The $200 Mistake
It started with a ruined vial of BPC-157. I was doing the math in my head, got distracted, and drew way too much. By the time I realized my mistake, the vial was contaminated and I had to throw it out.
$200, gone in seconds.
I'm not bad at math. I'm a Lead 5G Core architect - I work with complex systems every day. But doing vial reconstitution math while tired, or distracted, or in a hurry? It's a recipe for expensive mistakes.
The Problem Nobody Was Solving
I looked for apps that could help. What I found was disappointing:
- Generic medication trackers that didn't understand vial math
- Calculators that required re-entering info every time
- Nothing that showed me what my dose actually looked like in a syringe
I knew I could build something better.
Building in Public
I decided to build PeptideTrack as a nights-and-weekends project, documenting everything along the way. No VC funding, no team - just me solving a problem I personally have.
The core features came from my own pain points:
- **Visual syringe rendering** because I wanted to SEE my dose before drawing
- **Error-proof vial math** because one mistake is one too many
- **Safety warnings** because high doses should require acknowledgment
- **Inventory tracking** because running out mid-protocol is frustrating
What's Next
I'm launching the iOS version first, with Android coming soon. The app is free for single-protocol tracking, with a Pro tier for those who need unlimited protocols and cloud sync.
I'm building this for people like me - people who want to track their protocols safely without the anxiety of manual calculations.
If that sounds useful to you, download PeptideTrack and let me know what you think. I read every piece of feedback.