Mike Hudack shows the health platform he built with Claude Code, combining DNA results, blood tests, wearable data and workout logs.
In this episode
- Building a health platform with Claude Code
- Combining DNA, blood tests, wearables and workout logs
- Analysing genome data with medical databases
- Logging food in plain text
- Asking questions instead of maintaining dashboards
Timestamps
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:30 Mike's background — Facebook VP Eng, Deliveroo CPO, Monzo CPO, now Sling Money
- 03:02 Building a food tracker in 10 minutes with OpenAI API
- 03:59 The overtraining detection — AI correlates Oura, blood tests, and workout logs
- 05:30 Whole genome sequencing analysis via Claude Code and six databases
- 08:23 "Why build a UI when you can just have a bot analyze all the data?"
- 09:46 Claude vs ChatGPT — "jumpy first-year resident vs 40-year practitioner"
- 11:00 Layering data sources: Oura Ring, Withings (13+ years), Strong app
- 13:30 The FatSecret problem — $1,500/month for UK nutritional data access
- 15:00 MCP server architecture for health data
- 16:50 Why Mike is returning his Whoop — API limitations
- 18:00 Open Claude for WhatsApp-based health summaries
- 19:24 "One of the most exciting things to happen in the last hundred years"
- 20:30 Daily AI health summaries
Links
- Claude Code — AI coding agent used to build the entire platform
- OpenAI API — Powers the free-text food tracker
- Oura Ring — Wearable for sleep, HRV, readiness (praised for API quality)
- Withings — Smart scale and blood pressure monitor (13+ years of data)
- Strong App — Workout logging
- DNAComplete.com — Whole genome sequencing provider
- SNPedia — Genetic variant database
- ElevenLabs — Voice synthesis (planned integration)
- FatSecret — Nutritional database (mentioned, replaced due to cost)
- Cal AI — Food tracking app (mentioned, replaced)
- MyFitnessPal — Food tracking app (mentioned, replaced)
Disclaimers
- Genetic analysis discussed in this episode is for informational purposes only — consult a genetic counsellor before making health decisions based on DNA data.
- AI health analysis should complement, not replace, professional medical advice.
- The Lewy body dementia segment references a serious genetic finding — viewer discretion advised.