https://drbarrywheeler.com Writing on men's health, naturopathic medicine, and more. en-us Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:45:49 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/llm-benchmark-bias I ran a structured benchmark across 6 local LLMs for the Blip project. The results were only useful after I fixed three fundamental methodology errors that would have invalidated the whole thing. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/llm-benchmark-bias Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/blip-speech-practice I'm building a speech articulation practice module into Blip. As a clinician, I know what makes practice tools fail kids — so I'm trying to build one that doesn't. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/blip-speech-practice Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/computer-understand-seven-year-old Kids' speech is harder to transcribe than adults'. Here's what I learned trying to get Whisper to reliably understand Adalind. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/computer-understand-seven-year-old Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/blip-phase1-audio-core What it took to wire together wake word detection, local speech-to-text, and text-to-speech for Blip — the first working loop. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/blip-phase1-audio-core Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/building-blip-why My kids ask Alexa questions all day. The answers are terrible. So I built something better — a voice-first AI learning console called Blip. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/building-blip-why Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/personal/welcome Personal writing from Dr. Barry Wheeler — fatherhood, the Pacific Northwest, and life outside the clinic. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/personal/welcome Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/mens-health/welcome Why Dr. Barry Wheeler is writing about men's health, testosterone, and naturopathic medicine. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/mens-health/welcome Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/clinical-notes/welcome Clinical observations and practice notes from Dr. Barry Wheeler, ND — for practitioners and curious readers. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/clinical-notes/welcome Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/welcome Dr. Barry Wheeler on building things — Blip, local AI, custom software, and maker projects alongside clinical practice. https://drbarrywheeler.com/posts/building/welcome Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000