# \[ANN\] SugarStats.com Launched - Online Diabetes Management s

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419 "2007-06-21T17:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marstoni)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419/1 "2007-06-21T17:44:54Z")

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Hey all,

Just wanted to announce after months of development and beta testing  
we’re launching our new Rails based app for diabetics:  
[http://www.sugarstats.com](http://www.sugarstats.com)

It’s definitely not you’re “typical” Rails based Web 2.0 app, but we  
think it has some value none-the-less 😉[SugarStats.com](http://SugarStats.com) provides  
simple blood sugar tracking for diabetes management and in building it  
we focused on ease of use and simplicity. I guess you could think of  
it as web stats for diabetes.

Initially it was a personal project (15 year diabetic here), I learned  
Rails from scratch to do it which was fun to say the least. With such  
tremendous feedback from others wanting to use it I pretty much had no  
choice but to work on it full time.

We’re built off good ol’ homegrown CRUD/REST with Ajax/RJS sprinkled  
on in just the right places (MmmmMmmmTasty!). I’m pretty sure I  
couldn’t have done it without Rails or the Rails community (you guys)  
so I wanted to say thanks for all the help and putting up with my  
newbie questions in the beginning. You all are quite the fine  
bunch 🙂

With 194 million people worldwide and 21 million in the U.S. alone  
coping with diabetes daily, hopefully we can help make a difference  
and utilize all this great technology at our disposal to help keep  
things under control.

If you’re diabetic or know someone who is, you probably want to check  
it out:

[http://www.sugarstats.com/](http://www.sugarstats.com/)

I thought some might want to have a glimpse on the technical side so I  
wrote a post with a few more details:  
[http://www.marstononline.com/2007/sugarstatscom-launches-simple-blood-sugar-tracking-for-diabetes-built-with-ruby-on-rails/](http://www.marstononline.com/2007/sugarstatscom-launches-simple-blood-sugar-tracking-for-diabetes-built-with-ruby-on-rails/)

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**Author:** ![marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marstoni)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419/2 "2007-06-21T18:03:56Z")

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Greg,

Awesome! Tell you the truth I think the more tools out there for  
diabetics to utilize the better. And I guess when we started  
development over a year ago you guys weren’t around. The cool thing  
is that now there are a others who see the need for a solution  
(sweetspot.fm, [mysugars.com](http://mysugars.com) etc) and we all take a slightly different  
slant to it, different feature sets and different interfaces to work  
with.

On Jun 21, 5:56 pm, Gregory S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marstoni)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419/3 "2007-06-21T17:56:55Z")

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Not to take the wind out of your sails (and this may not anyway), but  
Revolution Health has had a blood sugar tracker available for months on  
our  
Rails-based portal:

> **[Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News,...](https://www.everydayhealth.com/)**
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> Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about...

–Greg

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**Author:** ![marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marstoni)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419/4 "2007-06-21T18:27:59Z")

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This looks interesting, but you need to support data import from  
meters and pumps otherwise the data entry is going to be a real barrier.

We started out keeping logs, but now that we can just load the data  
from meters and pumps, we rely on that exclusively.

Michael

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**Author:** ![marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marstoni)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419/5 "2007-06-21T18:45:09Z")

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Michael,

Yup, we’ve got a few supported. Unfortunately almost all the major  
meter manufacturers uses a different or proprietary format and are as  
far from standardized as you can get. [www.bernardfarrell.com/](http://www.bernardfarrell.com/) is  
actually working on an initiative to collaborate with between them and  
use a common microformat (similar to hCard). What would be great is  
if we can a common format with the CGM devices out there, instant  
access to hundreds of readings throughout the day.

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**Author:** ![marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marstoni)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419/6 "2007-06-23T13:10:55Z")

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Michael

Bernard here. Marston’s right. I don’t know of any two meters that have  
the same data format. And those that do support have an export command  
produce different formats also.

I’ve been talking and thinking about this for a while, and I’ve been  
bitten by the lack of a common format for many years.

If you want to read more got to the Diabetes Data Wiki at  
[http://diabetesdata.pbwiki.com](http://diabetesdata.pbwiki.com).

And Marston’s done a great job at SugarStats. I’ll have to look at the  
revolutionhealth site.

Bernard  
[http://www.bernardfarrell.com/blog/blogger.html](http://www.bernardfarrell.com/blog/blogger.html)

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**Author:** ![marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@marstoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marstoni)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sugarstats-com-launched-online-diabetes-management-s/107419/7 "2007-06-23T13:16:28Z")

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Michael

Did you work on revolutionhealth? Can you drop me an email?  
bernard dot farrell at gmail com

Bernard