Retrospective // PsychApp evolution

PsychApp v0.1: the first public concept

The original PsychDeep post remains unchanged. This later note records what the first public concept demonstrated, what it could not prove and why the project moved toward a narrower, clinician-supervised research architecture.

What the 2026-06-25 milestone was

The first public note described a React and Node prototype for organizing longitudinal personal information and AI-assisted reflection. It discussed OAuth-connected sources and psychological pattern exploration as possibilities, not as independently verified production integrations.

Its useful contribution was the problem framing: personal evidence changes over time, model outputs can sound more certain than they are, and mental-health software must expose uncertainty and professional escalation boundaries.

What the first concept did not establish

  • No clinical validation: it did not demonstrate diagnostic accuracy, treatment benefit or crisis suitability.
  • No production-data claim: the public note did not prove that every described connector or backend path was live.
  • No autonomous role: model-generated hypotheses could not replace clinician judgment or emergency services.
  • No historical release claim: the v0.1 label is used here to organize the portfolio timeline; it does not assert that a Git tag was published on 2026-06-25.

Lessons carried into v0.2

  • Use synthetic data for the public demonstration and make that status visible.
  • Separate participant, professional, gateway, model and database responsibilities.
  • Run safety checks on the original Spanish text before optional translation.
  • Keep model-weight changes offline, versioned and subject to approval.
  • Treat consent, deletion, auditability and human review as architecture, not footer text.

Why keep the original post

A portfolio should show evolution rather than rewrite history. The original PsychDeep article remains evidence of the early scope; this retrospective supplies the later context and an honest publication date.