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Jethro Chu

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What I do

I'm a nursing student who loves to build. Most of what I create comes from things I wish existed in healthcare, research, or the tools people use every day. Some of it is serious, and some of it is just for fun.

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Projects

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RxMedMathAdult dosage lab
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MedMath. Adult medication math practice for nursing education.

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Currently building

In progress

Jethro OS (this site)

Improving: The Ask-Jethro assistant and per-project deep dives.

People should be able to ask what I build instead of digging for it.

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NurseJet

Improving: Sharper specialty filtering and faster-to-act briefs.

It only works if a nurse can trust it and use it on shift.

I build from the part that feels harder than it should.

Most of my ideas start the same way: I notice a workflow that feels slower, messier, or more annoying than it needs to be. Then I try to turn that friction into something usable: a clinical briefing tool, a lab notebook, a review app, or even a weird browser experiment.

  1. 01

    Notice the friction

    Clinical work, research, and everyday tools all have moments where people lose time fighting the system. I pay attention to those moments because they usually point to something worth building.

  2. 02

    Prototype fast

    I use AI tools, design judgment, and modern web stacks to move from rough idea to working product quickly. The goal is not to make a perfect first version. It is to make something real enough to test.

  3. 03

    Make it useful

    The projects I care about most are the ones that remove friction instead of adding more software to manage. Lab Logger, NurseJet, and my other builds all come from that same instinct.

Jethro Chu on the granite summit of Half Dome at golden hour, in a climbing harness and a white costume, arms crossed and smiling.

8,839 ftHalf Dome summit

About me

I'm a BSN nursing student.

I've done clinical rotations across several hospital around southern california. On the side I love building software and websites, and I love hiking.

Outside of Nursing

Running

I spend a lot of my free time running. I love to run races, seeing myself improve, and getting outside after a long day of studying.

Jethro Chu and a fellow runner holding their finisher medals after a race.
Backpacking

The Yosemite artwork was inspired by my love for nature. I love backpacking and the mountains are one of my favorite places to be.

Jethro Chu wearing a backpack on a mountain trail, with forest and a snow-covered peak behind him.
Caring for Family

I help care for my grandmother. Being on the family side of healthcare has given me a better understanding of what patients and their families deal with at home.

Building Things & Live Production

I like making things and figuring out how they work. I helped build Lab Logger at HackTech, where our team placed 4th.

Jethro Chu (second from left) and his four-person engineering team wearing navy HackTech crewnecks after winning 4th place at Caltech's HackTech hackathon for building Lab Logger
4th Place at HackTech · Building Lab Logger (lab-logger.com)