Debugging Fitbit API Integration and Building a Fitness Data Table
Fixing broken API endpoints, understanding Fitbit's Web API structure, and creating a simple data table to visualize synced fitness metrics.
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A multi-topic platform exploring VR/WebXR, fitness tracking, programming, and creative experiments. One account, many different projects.
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Manly Beach Hub
View All Manly Beach (22) →17-08-2025
Testing to see if I can use my new Jekyll UI editor to create a markdown file and have my cron job upload it to github.
Queenscliff Beach Surfing
Some video of the tail end of the large surf from the recent storm.
Fight For The Bight
Today was the demonstration where a large group of surfers paddled out into the ocean and formed a large circle to protest a Norwegian oil company called.
Vibe Coding Hub
View All Vibe Coding (3) →Debugging Fitbit API Integration and Building a Fitness Data Table
Fixing broken API endpoints, understanding Fitbit's Web API structure, and creating a simple data table to visualize synced fitness metrics.
Vibe Coding the Perfect Website for 2026
Building laverty.io: A Hub-and-Spoke architecture using Astro, Cloudflare Workers, D1, and Clerk to host multiple independent web experiences (photography, coding, fitness, genealogy, forums) under a single identity with serverless infrastructure.
Building laverty.io — a single platform for many different projects
What I'm building, why I'm putting very different ideas on one site, and where the project is currently at.
Genealogy Hub
View All Genealogy (3) →Genealogical Report: The Cook (Koch), Coulter, Laverty, and McGree Families of New South Wales
A comprehensive genealogical study of interconnected European immigrant families who settled in the Mid North Coast region of NSW from 1853–1865. Documents their immigration, settlement, marriages, WWI sacrifice, and community legacy across three centuries.
Laverty History with Gemini 3 Pro
A genealogical narrative using Google Gemini 3 Pro to verify and document family history from GEDCOM data. Covers the McGree brothers' sacrifice in WWI, the Laverty migration from industrial England to rural NSW, the Trainer family's post-war immigration, German pioneer heritage, and Jacobite legends.
Leonard James Laverty Interview
An in-depth oral history interview with my grandfather Leonard James Laverty, covering life in rural Australia during the 1920s–1930s, including transport, school, farm work, food, and daily challenges of pioneering life.
Personal Hub
View All Personal (2) →SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Taking Harry To The Aquarium.
October Swell
October Swell
Fitness Hub
View All Fitness (1) →Nutrient-Dense Instant-Pot Meals for Longevity v2.0
Ingredients (makes ~3 servings, all in one pot): * 30 g dry rolled oats * 150 g dry lentils (rinsed) * 150 g canned chickpeas (drained) * 100 g brown rice.
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View All Projects →Fitness Tracker
Track your fitness journey with personalized tools
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