Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023) • Hacker News Board

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by metalliqaz » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

Oh the irony.

A website dedicated to data visualization and it's totally broken on Desktop Firefox. If they had just created a straightforward article, it would be perfectly legible, but all the flashy-flash just makes it unintelligible.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by kotaKat » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC

tunapizza wrote: post #18

Fortunately someone recreated a clone at https://merrysky.net , which was featured [1] on HN some time ago. I've used it daily since. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34155191

And a toast to its source, the drop-in PirateWeather API: https://pirateweather.net/

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by metalliqaz » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC

I just always use the excellent 10-day forecast tab on wunderground

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by the__alchemist » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

Note: Not related to the light-pollution organization https://darksky.org/

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by lynndotpy » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

Among all the destruction Apple has wrought when they killed DarkSky, they also failed to bring back the weather history feature. You could go back decades and see the weather anytime, anywhere. I miss it so.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

lynndotpy wrote: post #25

Among all the destruction Apple has wrought when they killed DarkSky, they also failed to bring back the weather history feature. You could go back decades and see the weather anytime, anywhere. I miss it so.

The Apple Weather app absolutely sucks.

I have learned to ignore its predictions. It will say that it's sunny outside, and I'll look out the window, and we're having a hailstorm.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by dmd » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

kdheepak wrote: post #10

fwiw, on iOS, I like using WeatherGraph: https://weathergraph.app/ The developer is very responsive, lots of UI customization (both app and widgets) is possible, and pricing is reasonable.

They used to be very responsive. “Multiple locations are on the way” (bottom left corner) has been like that for years now.

Still the best of all the weather apps though.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by bookofjoe » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by hdx19 » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC

Hnrobert42 wrote: post #9

mocmoc wrote: post #2

Meteoswiss app is the best weather app ever created

How does it compare to Dark Sky?

Try meteogram

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by chrisweekly » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

I miss Dark Sky for its impressive "local weather at a glance" accuracy and UX -- but Windy.app is pretty great too, with more details than DS ever had. They're maybe slightly complementary, given Windy.app is more like "prosumer" weather forecasting for nautical purposes, but I highly recommend it.