Jaiden Nguyen
Product lead & iOS engineering
Building the future of habits, with honesty, research, and a little turtle energy.
We’re narb, a small, student-founded team at UMD building tools that help people see their own patterns, one visit at a time.
Built in xFoundry’s Mental Health Xperience
Built at UMDby narb, a student-founded teamWe’re in Phase 3: a closed campus pilot, Aug 17, 2026 to Jan 16, 2027. The study rings come from xFoundry’s partnership with Oura.
About the Mental Health Xperience (opens in a new tab)See the ring study
Meet the team
We’re a small, student-founded team at the University of Maryland. We build the app, run the campus pilot and answer support ourselves, with a lot of help from a turtle.
Dominic Liriano
Research & outreach
Baseem Mokhtarzada
Pilot data & retention analysis
Matthew Pallan
Advisor, architecture & data
Julia Heo
Design
NoTestudo
Mascot
Photos link to LinkedIn profiles.
Our mission
NoTestudo is built on one idea: your goals are made of places. The gym you mean to get to, the library, the drive-thru you keep ending up at.
The product’s first job is to make your own pattern easier to see. We don’t claim it changes behavior. We claim it can help you see the pattern clearly enough to decide what to change.
People can name the place. They can’t see the pattern. Come help us build the mirror that shows it.
Our values
These are the rules we build by. We wrote them down as non-negotiable, so they decide what ships and how the app talks to you, even when a shortcut would be easier.
A mirror, not a judge
No grades, no shaming, no points and no “failed”. NoTestudo says what happened plainly, congratulates first and never compares you with anyone else.
Visits, not guesses
Only real stays count, and we’re honest about what a visit can show: NoTestudo can’t see studying itself, but it can notice time at McKeldin Library.
Absent is not zero
A day we couldn’t see is unknown, not a zero. Pending weeks show as pending, and the app never fills a gap with a number it hasn’t settled.
Privacy you can trust
You control what’s tracked, who sees it and when. Health-care places stay private, money saved is never shared and your data is never sold.
Small wins, said out loud
In the app you pick the turtle’s tone, Playful or Gentle. When you show up, it says so.
Proud of you for being here.
Big turtle energy.
Back on your way. That’s what counts.
Meet the version of you
that shows up.
NoTestudo is the habit app that tracks itself. Say your goals once, then live your week: the visits, the hours and the dollars you kept add up on their own.
NoTestudo is invite-only right now. Ask someone on campus for an invite, or join the waitlist for the App Store release.