Welcome to Diabettech – now you’ve found this page, you’re on the path to finding out more about various aspects of Diabetes technology, with a information about CGM systems, DIY Closed Loops, forthcoming insulins and a variety of other aspects. From here you can also find guides and information pertaining to user experiences on a range of topics.
Firstly though, if you’re looking for recent posts…
Latest Posts
If you’re looking for the blog posts, follow this link, but in the meantime, the most recent posts can be found below:
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What If Type 1 Diabetes Was Treatable — If You Found It Early Enough?
For most of its history, type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been diagnosed late. By the time symptoms appear, the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells […]
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A “twiist” of Fate: Why Sequel is Moving Beyond Tidepool to Embrace Diabeloop
For those in the “We Are Not Waiting” camp, the Sequel twiist pump was supposed to be the commercial homecoming for Tidepool Loop. It promised […]
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Introducing The Daily Bolus: Parsing the Signal from the Noise
Date: January 13, 2026 If you’ve been following Diabettech for a while, you know that my focus has always been on the deep dives—the “Nine […]
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ChatGPT Health: Promise, Practicality, and the Reality for People with Diabetes
Artificial intelligence has been hovering around diabetes care for a while now, usually wrapped in glossy demos and ambitious claims. Carb-counting apps that “just work”. […]
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A pump update and then… Something changed!
I’d been using an Accuchek Insight for getting on for five years, starting in 2020 with a hand me down, then obtaining one of the […]
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The Nine Sensor Samba: How do the Consensus Error Grids stack up?
Taking the evaluation of the nine sensors a step further with Consensus Error Grids and looking at the price performance of the sensors.
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DIY Closed Looping – Guides
The following pages provide a variety of guides for understanding and getting going with DIY Closed Loops
- A guide to DIY Closed Loops
- What is a DIY Closed Loop?
- Comparing OpenAPS and Loop
- AndroidAPS and OpenAPS side-by-side
- The Guide to DIY Closed Looping for Healthcare Professionals
User Resources
We’ve undertaken a number of surveys and studies with users of CGMs and DIY Closed Loops. Those studies can be found in this section:
The Marketplace
The marketplace is a fee free location to exchange looping supplies. That includes pumps and CGM components. Feel free to post what you are willing to pass on, or what you’re looking for.