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A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece

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Re: A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece

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It was a masterpiece. Apple deleting Dark Sky something I will never forgive them for. Maybe not enough to make me switch phones, but enough to make me look elsewhere when needing peripheral items. The statement that Dark Sky features were incorporated into the native weather app was an insult. I know I sound dramatic talking about a weather app, but it was in a class of its own and nothing else is remotely comparabl…

> It was a masterpiece. Apple deleting Dark Sky something I will never forgive them for. Maybe not enough to make me switch phones, but enough to make me look elsewhere when needing peripheral items. "I hate them so I will only give them a tiny bit less money" is why it will never change

I will never get the fixation of US people to iPhones. Most android devices do the same, are cheaper, open, flexible and does about the same things.

Re: A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece

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> It removes a sense of artificial precision that doesn’t really exist because weather forecasts fundamentally have very high uncertainty and error bands.

While this is true on the multi-day range for sure, what really made Dark Sky magical was its to-the-minute prediction of rain.

If Dark Sky said "rain in 22 minutes", you had 18-26 minutes to walk a dog before getting wet.

No other weather app has ever come close to that.

Re: A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece

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Good eye! I added this to their bugs forum. I believe they are still a team of one, and have focused on app progress and efficiency at the expense of bugs & loose ends that would typically be handled in a larger organization with dedicated teams for that sort of thing. I bet they would Personally I find it charming. That is until I run into a security issue. I can't speak for Flowx though.

I've actually already looked into the DEBUG=True issue just now. Setting it to false causes an "Internal Server Issue". So do I spend hours looking for a fix, look into replacing it with a static pages site (I'm thinking Hugo) or just go back to porting Flowx to Apple :-)

Thank you for the prompt reply!

imho, static pages site is the best way to simplify. My personal favorite is hexo.io, but ultimately pick anything that gets the job done.

Re: A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece

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My go to weather site is: https://kachelmannwetter.com/ Run by a former weatherman it uses a number of forecast models and even lets you see whether a gust of air from a specific region is going to reach you (interesting if you live in Europe and a Ukranian NPP blows up)
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