TestFlight, 2024 to 2025
Brink Mind
Mental health tools ignored the body, so Brink Mind brought heart data into the room.
The problem
Mental health apps ignore the body. Heart rate and HRV carry signal a journal never captures.
What I built
Brink Mind linked to the Apple Watch, using biometrics and journal entries to provide safer, more grounded support. It was the end of 2024, still early enough that I was teaching myself SwiftUI, UI/UX, product design, and how to be a CEO at the same time.
Proof
Reached TestFlight with working voice, biometrics, and on-device inference.
What I learned
I loved every second of the steep learning curve. It gave me the technical foundation I needed once the work shifted toward agentic development.
Native iOS and watchOS engineering, and the judgment to keep sensitive data on-device.
Stack
Swift · Python · Core ML · HealthKit
- role
- CEO · Lead Architect · SwiftUI Developer
- timeline
- Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
- platform
- iOS · watchOS · HealthKit
It was my first real proof that I could learn the thing by building the thing.