dakiol

Hi. I'm looking for a programmable watch with wifi. Ideally I should be able to write custom programs/apps for the watch to display whatever I want to on them (e.g., make the watch make an https call to a server, receive json and render accordingly; allow the watch to receive "notifications" from the server)

Also, ideally, no requirement of a smartphone to send-receive data (it's ok to need a smartphone for the initial setup of the watch, though). I know about Pebble, but it doesn't have wifi. I know about some Garmins with wifi but for the kind of apps I want to write, the communication between the watch and the server has to be mediated by a phone. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, I don't want to pay $100/year just to be able to use my custom app in apple watches. I usually don't trust Google either (e.g., they discontinue everything in a blink of an eye).

So, what are my options?

So the other day I read the post https://brandon.wang/2026/clawdbot, and what surprised me wasn’t the AI part of it, but how busy the author is. I really believe he needs all that AI help to get on with his life, because I would be overwhelmed by so much busyness. I'm a tech guy, and I also have meetings and appointments like any of you, but I cannot deal with that amount of activity/notifications/management in my life. I try to keep things simple (I don't keep a todo list for the items in our fridge, I try to remember, and yeah, sometimes we forget to buy eggs, but such is life). I don't like to be "on top of things" all the time.

So, is that how most of you also live (like the author)? Perhaps Im missing something (FOMO, you know), but I guess even if that's the case, I think that should be fine too; i mean it's fine to miss things (that's like being mortal, that's what makes other things more important I guess).