Damian Helme
Co-founder of mySymptoms, a food and symptom diary for people with chronic gut conditions. Thirty-five years building software. Lately I've been building small things with AI coding tools and writing up what happened.

Things I've built

  • mySymptoms. A food and symptom diary, co-founded 2018.
  • YT Music Album Sorter. A Chrome extension that sorts your YouTube Music albums by artist, or into sections you name. Alpha, September 2026.

Writing

I wanted the shelf back

I wanted the shelf back

Years ago I spent an evening with the early Queen albums. That was the evening's entertainment. I sat there and played tracks off albums I had not listened to in a very long time.

ChatGPT : A Game-Changer for Mastering Reading Comprehension Skills

ChatGPT : A Game-Changer for Mastering Reading Comprehension Skills

Some educators are having a freak-out about ChatGPT's current impact in the classroom. This got me thinking about its potential power to help students. My thoughts went to a topic at school that I especially struggled with: English comprehension. There was a teaching resource we used during my junior school, SRA cards, that I hated! If ChatGPT could help prevent that kind of misery, at least in that one small corner, it truly would be a boon.