{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Around the Circle: Living Well with T1D","title":"Theresa Hastings on Open-Source AID: More Choice, More Responsibility","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1726,"description":"In this episode, Scott Johnson and Theresa Hastings talk about automated insulin delivery and open-source AID in approachable, everyday language. Theresa has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1998 and serves on the Nightscout Foundation Board. For years, she didn’t know anyone else living with T1D, and that isolation contributed to recurring diabetes burnout. Finding DiabetesSisters, and later the open-source diabetes community, gave her more than connection. It introduced her to people who understood the burden and were working together to build practical solutions.\nTheresa recalls the first time she saw automated insulin delivery in action and how exciting the possibility was, but felt intimidated by the technology until experiencing a frightening low that ultimately helped her move through that hesitation. Together, they explore why some people seek open-source options and the additional choice these systems can offer.\nThey also talk honestly about the responsibility involved. Open-source AID requires ongoing learning, maintenance, troubleshooting, and a willingness to seek information without traditional customer support. Theresa describes what support looks like and the structured development practices behind established open-source projects while emphasizing that no technology is right for everyone. \nWhat You'll Learn\nHow isolation and diabetes burnout shaped Theresa’s early experience with type 1 diabetes\nWhat changed when she found DiabetesSisters and the open-source diabetes community\nHow automated insulin delivery brings together a CGM, insulin pump, and algorithm\nWhat makes an AID system open-source and how that differs from a commercial system\nWhy some people seek the additional choice offered by open-source AID\nWhat users need to understand about ongoing learning, maintenance, troubleshooting, and personal responsibility\nHow documentation, volunteers, peer support, and structured testing help sustain established open-source projects\nHow to begin...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZwtJk5cNfIfgz2P3gzr9JcObYabO_Mtb5PIacekPQ7A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNTk3/NjFhNWRiZjNkMTEw/MTg4NzAyMDkwMWI1/MDk5YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}