{
  "id": 11577560,
  "title": "I built a handover board for the friend who was doing all the remembering",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/i-built-a-handover-board-for-the-friend-who-was-doing-all-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-03T02:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/aniruddhaadak/i-built-a-handover-board-for-the-friend-who-was-doing-all-the-remembering-2ii8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A friend sought help after coming home from the hospital, as four people were assisting and each believed they knew the medication schedule. The friend was managing everything from memory at odd hours. To address this, the author developed a handover board, which eliminated the need for a family group chat. The board logs doses, blood pressures, medical notes, and pending appointments, assigning ownership to each task. Before a shift change, the user can drag a handover moment along a shift rail, prompting the system to re-run for the incoming person to identify any potential errors. By using openFDA for labeling and NIH RxNorm for ingredient resolution, the board ensures accuracy. The project's core features include a deterministic engine, open code, and a hash chain to ensure data integrity. The system operates without requiring user accounts or email, relying on an anonymous session stored in an HTTP-only cookie. The author chose to use open, inspectable code over a closed service, emphasizing the importance of transparency and accountability.",
  "summary": "I built a handover board for the friend who was doing all the remembering This is a DEV Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge submission: Build for a Friend . Live app · GitHub · Agent tools When my friend came home from hospital, the hard part was never the medication. It was that four people were helping, each of them believed they knew the schedule, and nobody could prove what had already been…",
  "key_points": [
    "Friend developed handover board to manage medication schedule",
    "Board logs doses, blood pressures, medical notes, appointments",
    "System uses openFDA, NIH RxNorm for accuracy and data integrity"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This handover board development shifts the burden of managing care from the patient's memory to a transparent, accountable, and accessible system, relieving the patient of mental load and potential errors.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}