pharmacist · builder · educator

Evidence over hype.

I'm Usama — a pharmacist who builds and explains things. Each week I break down one thing in health, AI, or building, in plain English, with the receipts — and I tell you when the evidence is thin.

free · about weekly · no industry funding

GPhC-registeredMPharmcited, not hyped

01

Health

Supplements and medicines, graded by the actual evidence and explained in plain English.

02

Building

AI and software I'm shipping — LocumOS, PharmBot, Muskan — built in public, notes and all.

03

Learning

Essays on whatever I'm figuring out this month. Thinking, in public, while it's still wet.

Anyone can sound certain.
I'd rather show you the evidence.

Latest writing

moderate evidence

Creatine isn't just for the gym — what the brain data actually shows

Strong for muscle, younger for the mind. Where the cognitive evidence holds up, and where it quietly falls apart.

health · 8 min · 3 refs

Vitamin D: who actually benefits, and who's wasting money

strong

Magnesium for sleep: what the evidence really supports

moderate

I rebuilt my locum admin as software. Here's the messy v0.

building

All writing

Building now

LocumOS

The operating system for locum work — shifts, pay, compliance, the lot. I'm building it in the open.

shipping v0.3

The weekly dose — graded, sourced, 5 min.Subscribe