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Essays on behavioural science, product decision-making and evidence-aware AI, drawing on what I'm learning while building KnowDish and MetricBraid.

Essay·AI / Data·17 Oct 2026

Garmin Predicted 48 Minutes. My MetricBraid Was Less Optimistic.

Comparing Garmin, Strava and a MetricBraid-assisted estimate for my 10K, and what the result taught me about evidence, uncertainty and useful AI.

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Leah holding her dog outside Wembley Stadium after the ASICS LDNX 10K

Essay·Products / Behaviour·5 Sep 2026

People Don’t Want More Data. They Want to Know What to Pick.

How building KnowDish, a UK meal-prep comparison platform, changed my thinking about cognitive load, user intentions and product decision tools.

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Essay·AI / Data·31 Aug 2026

Teaching an AI when not to make a claim

Building MetricBraid taught me how AI can reason more carefully across Garmin and Oura data: source quality, uncertainty and evidence before confident claims.

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A Garmin watch and Oura ring on a cream surface

Leah Zou, PhD. Behaviour, products, and curious things.

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